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Brexit och Nordirland - hur ser hotbilder ut?

Waldfogel, Noah LU and Ekfeldt, Samuel LU (2021) STVA22 20211
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The present study explored how news media in Northern Ireland and Great Britain portrays threat constructions in the Northern Ireland area through the lens of the Copenhagen School of Securitisation. In fact, the Irish island has been affected by a history of identity conflict. The study gives an overview on how the conflict came to part throughout history to understand how the threats are pictured in modern day media. The connections in the analysis are partly focused on the conflict period called “The Troubles'' that took place in 1969-1998 and the peace treaty “Good Friday Agreement” that ended The Troubles in 1998. The reality is that the aftermath of Brexit is causing destabilisation in the Northern Ireland area and the frustration... (More)
The present study explored how news media in Northern Ireland and Great Britain portrays threat constructions in the Northern Ireland area through the lens of the Copenhagen School of Securitisation. In fact, the Irish island has been affected by a history of identity conflict. The study gives an overview on how the conflict came to part throughout history to understand how the threats are pictured in modern day media. The connections in the analysis are partly focused on the conflict period called “The Troubles'' that took place in 1969-1998 and the peace treaty “Good Friday Agreement” that ended The Troubles in 1998. The reality is that the aftermath of Brexit is causing destabilisation in the Northern Ireland area and the frustration from the loyalists communities has to be taken seriously. However, the threat constructions in news media after Brexit are not entirely the same. The purpose of this essay is to understand how the news media “Belfast Telegraph'' from Northern Ireland and the British news media “The Guardian” portrays threat construction through a qualitative discourse analysis. The period of time at the study analyses the threats is from Brexit's realisation 31th of january 2020 until the 15th of may 2021.
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author
Waldfogel, Noah LU and Ekfeldt, Samuel LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVA22 20211
year
type
L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
subject
keywords
Threat construction Conflict in Northern Ireland Brexit Discourse analysis Union of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Copenhagen School
language
Swedish
id
9044736
date added to LUP
2021-07-06 13:09:55
date last changed
2021-07-06 13:09:55
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  abstract     = {{The present study explored how news media in Northern Ireland and Great Britain portrays threat constructions in the Northern Ireland area through the lens of the Copenhagen School of Securitisation. In fact, the Irish island has been affected by a history of identity conflict. The study gives an overview on how the conflict came to part throughout history to understand how the threats are pictured in modern day media. The connections in the analysis are partly focused on the conflict period called “The Troubles'' that took place in 1969-1998 and the peace treaty “Good Friday Agreement” that ended The Troubles in 1998. The reality is that the aftermath of Brexit is causing destabilisation in the Northern Ireland area and the frustration from the loyalists communities has to be taken seriously. However, the threat constructions in news media after Brexit are not entirely the same. The purpose of this essay is to understand how the news media “Belfast Telegraph'' from Northern Ireland and the British news media “The Guardian” portrays threat construction through a qualitative discourse analysis. The period of time at the study analyses the threats is from Brexit's realisation 31th of january 2020 until the 15th of may 2021.
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  author       = {{Waldfogel, Noah and Ekfeldt, Samuel}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Brexit och Nordirland - hur ser hotbilder ut?}},
  year         = {{2021}},
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