En kris för Sverige eller för flyktingarna?
(2023) STVK04 20231Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- The following study aimed to critically examine the differences in the portrayal of refugees in
Swedish newspapers between the European refugee crisis 2015 and the Ukraine crisis 2022.
Through a critical discourse analysis based on Fairclough's (2010) three-dimensional model, a
total of eight selected articles from Dagens Nyheter and Aftonbladet were analyzed. The study
found that the discursive practices in the articles during the 2015 refugee crisis were primarily
discourses about refugees as a burden, as illegal, and related to terrorism. This finding showed a
tendency to present the refugees of 2015 in a negative light. Meanwhile, a critical review of
articles during the Ukraine crisis showed that the most common discourses were... (More) - The following study aimed to critically examine the differences in the portrayal of refugees in
Swedish newspapers between the European refugee crisis 2015 and the Ukraine crisis 2022.
Through a critical discourse analysis based on Fairclough's (2010) three-dimensional model, a
total of eight selected articles from Dagens Nyheter and Aftonbladet were analyzed. The study
found that the discursive practices in the articles during the 2015 refugee crisis were primarily
discourses about refugees as a burden, as illegal, and related to terrorism. This finding showed a
tendency to present the refugees of 2015 in a negative light. Meanwhile, a critical review of
articles during the Ukraine crisis showed that the most common discourses were those about the
unreality of the war, life before the war, and solidarity. In this case, the articles presented
Ukrainian refugees in a more human and emotional context. The study concluded that these
differences can be explained by the underlying colonial discourse that still lives on in society and
in which refugees were portrayed as 'the others' during the 2015 crisis. It further explained that
this could be traced back to centuries of European domination, which gave rise to the idea of
European superiority. Consequently, the study also concluded that the articles reproduced and
maintained the unequal power relations between the West and the East. (Less)
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- author
- Westin, Kristina Zhou Ya LU
- supervisor
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- Ian Manners LU
- organization
- course
- STVK04 20231
- year
- 2023
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- kritisk diskursanalys, nyhetstidningar, flyktingar, flyktingkrisen 2015, Ukrainakrisen 2022
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9115411
- date added to LUP
- 2023-08-27 16:16:31
- date last changed
- 2023-08-27 16:16:31
@misc{9115411, abstract = {{The following study aimed to critically examine the differences in the portrayal of refugees in Swedish newspapers between the European refugee crisis 2015 and the Ukraine crisis 2022. Through a critical discourse analysis based on Fairclough's (2010) three-dimensional model, a total of eight selected articles from Dagens Nyheter and Aftonbladet were analyzed. The study found that the discursive practices in the articles during the 2015 refugee crisis were primarily discourses about refugees as a burden, as illegal, and related to terrorism. This finding showed a tendency to present the refugees of 2015 in a negative light. Meanwhile, a critical review of articles during the Ukraine crisis showed that the most common discourses were those about the unreality of the war, life before the war, and solidarity. In this case, the articles presented Ukrainian refugees in a more human and emotional context. The study concluded that these differences can be explained by the underlying colonial discourse that still lives on in society and in which refugees were portrayed as 'the others' during the 2015 crisis. It further explained that this could be traced back to centuries of European domination, which gave rise to the idea of European superiority. Consequently, the study also concluded that the articles reproduced and maintained the unequal power relations between the West and the East.}}, author = {{Westin, Kristina Zhou Ya}}, language = {{swe}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{En kris för Sverige eller för flyktingarna?}}, year = {{2023}}, }