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Reflections of the Image

Södergren, Hanna LU (2021) FKVK02 20211
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The world stands often in the face of moral contentions, determining certain people or events as worthy of security whilst ignoring others. The conscience of watching silently as the genocide in Rwanda unfolded has weighed heavily on the international community’s shoulders, seemingly not heavy enough to refrain from repeating the same mistake however. The role “the visual” plays in framing security issues is what is of interest in this thesis, as it sets out to compare and analyse the BBC’s and Al Jazeera’s representation of the Rohingya genocide between 2017-2019. Ten articles from each news outlet were categorised and analysed according to the analytical tools deducted from the theory of visual securitization. The results of this... (More)
The world stands often in the face of moral contentions, determining certain people or events as worthy of security whilst ignoring others. The conscience of watching silently as the genocide in Rwanda unfolded has weighed heavily on the international community’s shoulders, seemingly not heavy enough to refrain from repeating the same mistake however. The role “the visual” plays in framing security issues is what is of interest in this thesis, as it sets out to compare and analyse the BBC’s and Al Jazeera’s representation of the Rohingya genocide between 2017-2019. Ten articles from each news outlet were categorised and analysed according to the analytical tools deducted from the theory of visual securitization. The results of this analysis were that Al Jazeera visually securitized the Rohingya by representing an overarching theme of suffering and individuality, constituting them as threatened and in need of immediate defence. A majority of the BBC’s articles in turn did not visually securitize the Rohingya, instead representing the political implications of the genocide. These results are interpreted as reflections of the wider policy discourse. (Less)
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author
Södergren, Hanna LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
A Visual Discourse Analysis of the Rohingya Genocide
course
FKVK02 20211
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
visual securitization, genocide, Rohingya, individuality, suffering, discourse analysis
language
English
id
9046881
date added to LUP
2021-07-06 10:57:10
date last changed
2021-07-06 10:57:10
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  abstract     = {{The world stands often in the face of moral contentions, determining certain people or events as worthy of security whilst ignoring others. The conscience of watching silently as the genocide in Rwanda unfolded has weighed heavily on the international community’s shoulders, seemingly not heavy enough to refrain from repeating the same mistake however. The role “the visual” plays in framing security issues is what is of interest in this thesis, as it sets out to compare and analyse the BBC’s and Al Jazeera’s representation of the Rohingya genocide between 2017-2019. Ten articles from each news outlet were categorised and analysed according to the analytical tools deducted from the theory of visual securitization. The results of this analysis were that Al Jazeera visually securitized the Rohingya by representing an overarching theme of suffering and individuality, constituting them as threatened and in need of immediate defence. A majority of the BBC’s articles in turn did not visually securitize the Rohingya, instead representing the political implications of the genocide. These results are interpreted as reflections of the wider policy discourse.}},
  author       = {{Södergren, Hanna}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Reflections of the Image}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}