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Populism in the Media Representation of UKIP

Dimitrov, Radoslav LU (2014) WPMM40 20141
Department of Political Science
Abstract
Populism is a phenomenon gaining popularity throughout Europe and has been
enhanced by the current economic crisis. The aim of this thesis is to examine the image
of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) in the media and analyse whether
it can be qualified as populist. I have included an overview of previous researcher on
populism, in order to define it. In addition to the theories of knowledge, there is a look
at media analysis theories, which would be used for the research. The study is of a
qualitative type and it depends on the qualitative content analysis as a research method.
The data sources chosen are “The Telegraph”, “The Guardian” and “BBC News”. The
media have some differences in the way they frame UKIP, but the... (More)
Populism is a phenomenon gaining popularity throughout Europe and has been
enhanced by the current economic crisis. The aim of this thesis is to examine the image
of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) in the media and analyse whether
it can be qualified as populist. I have included an overview of previous researcher on
populism, in order to define it. In addition to the theories of knowledge, there is a look
at media analysis theories, which would be used for the research. The study is of a
qualitative type and it depends on the qualitative content analysis as a research method.
The data sources chosen are “The Telegraph”, “The Guardian” and “BBC News”. The
media have some differences in the way they frame UKIP, but the results from their
analysis are closely similar. All of them use the same dimensions to construct the image
of the party, with only minor differences, thus managing to qualify it as a populist one. (Less)
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author
Dimitrov, Radoslav LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
Media interpretation of UKIP’s European Parliament election campaign
course
WPMM40 20141
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
populism, UKIP, media, content, analysis
language
English
id
4448278
date added to LUP
2014-07-07 14:42:49
date last changed
2014-07-07 14:42:49
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  abstract     = {{Populism is a phenomenon gaining popularity throughout Europe and has been
enhanced by the current economic crisis. The aim of this thesis is to examine the image
of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) in the media and analyse whether
it can be qualified as populist. I have included an overview of previous researcher on
populism, in order to define it. In addition to the theories of knowledge, there is a look
at media analysis theories, which would be used for the research. The study is of a
qualitative type and it depends on the qualitative content analysis as a research method.
The data sources chosen are “The Telegraph”, “The Guardian” and “BBC News”. The
media have some differences in the way they frame UKIP, but the results from their
analysis are closely similar. All of them use the same dimensions to construct the image
of the party, with only minor differences, thus managing to qualify it as a populist one.}},
  author       = {{Dimitrov, Radoslav}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Populism in the Media Representation of UKIP}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}