The humanized refugee: Representations and Rights - A discourse analysis of media’s representation of refugees between 2015 and 2022
(2023) MRSK62 20231Human Rights Studies
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Denna studie undersöker hur syriska och ukrainska flyktingar är representerade i svensk media. Frågorna som ställs är hur medias representation av flyktingar 2015 och 2022 skiljer sig åt, och i vilken utsträckning de representeras som individer med mänskliga rättigheter. Studien använder sig av tryckta nyhetsartiklar publicerade av den svenska nyhetstidningen Aftonbladet under de två tidsperioderna. Det teoretiska ramverket som implementerats är Hannah Arendts teori om den statslösa och rättslösa flyktingen, som tillämpas på resultaten av de lokaliserade representationerna. Metoden som används på det empiriska materialet är diskursanalys, närmare bestämt Carol Bacchis metod "What's the problem represented to be". Tidigare forskning tyder... (More)
- Denna studie undersöker hur syriska och ukrainska flyktingar är representerade i svensk media. Frågorna som ställs är hur medias representation av flyktingar 2015 och 2022 skiljer sig åt, och i vilken utsträckning de representeras som individer med mänskliga rättigheter. Studien använder sig av tryckta nyhetsartiklar publicerade av den svenska nyhetstidningen Aftonbladet under de två tidsperioderna. Det teoretiska ramverket som implementerats är Hannah Arendts teori om den statslösa och rättslösa flyktingen, som tillämpas på resultaten av de lokaliserade representationerna. Metoden som används på det empiriska materialet är diskursanalys, närmare bestämt Carol Bacchis metod "What's the problem represented to be". Tidigare forskning tyder på att olika medierepresentationer existerar från flyktingkrisen 2015, men eftersom den ukrainska flyktingkrisen 2022 fortfarande pågår är tidigare forskning begränsad. Denna studiens resultat visar att representation från 2022 och 2015 skiljer sig åt, där ukrainare i högre grad representeras som humaniserade offer än syrier, som istället i större utsträckning representeras som ekonomiska och administrativa påfrestningar såväl som ekonomiska resurser. Denna studie visar på att artiklar från 2022 i högre grad implicit representerar flyktingar som individer med mänskliga rättigheter i form av skydd och stöd än flyktingar representerade i artiklar från 2015. (Less)
- Abstract
- This study examines the ways Syrian and Ukrainian refugees are represented in Swedish media. The questions posed are how media’s representation of refugees in 2015 and 2022 differentiate, and to what extent they are represented as subjects of human rights. The study makes use of printed news articles published by the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet during the two time periods. The theoretical framework implemented is Hannah Arendt’s theory on the stateless and rightless refugee, which is applied on the results of the located representations. The method applied on the empirical material is discourse analysis, more specifically, Carol Bacchi’s “What’s the problem represented to be”-approach. Previous research suggests varied media... (More)
- This study examines the ways Syrian and Ukrainian refugees are represented in Swedish media. The questions posed are how media’s representation of refugees in 2015 and 2022 differentiate, and to what extent they are represented as subjects of human rights. The study makes use of printed news articles published by the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet during the two time periods. The theoretical framework implemented is Hannah Arendt’s theory on the stateless and rightless refugee, which is applied on the results of the located representations. The method applied on the empirical material is discourse analysis, more specifically, Carol Bacchi’s “What’s the problem represented to be”-approach. Previous research suggests varied media representations exist from the refugee crisis 2015, but as the Ukrainian refugee crisis 2022 is on-going, past literature is limited. This study’s results showed that representation from 2022 and 2015 differentiate, with Ukrainians represented more extensively as humanized victims than the latter, who instead are represented more extensively as economical and administrative burdens, but also economical resources. Additionally, the study concludes that articles from 2022 implicitly represented refugees more extensively as subjects of human rights - construed as varied forms of protection and support - than refugees represented in articles from 2015. (Less)
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- Dahl Hill, Jonathan LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- MRSK62 20231
- year
- 2023
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- refugees, subject of human rights, representations, Ukraine, Syria, Hannah Arendt, Carol Bacchi. flyktingar, mänskliga rättigheter, representationer, Ukraina, Syrien.
- language
- English
- id
- 9123042
- date added to LUP
- 2023-08-15 12:58:24
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- 2023-08-15 12:58:24
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abstract = {{This study examines the ways Syrian and Ukrainian refugees are represented in Swedish media. The questions posed are how media’s representation of refugees in 2015 and 2022 differentiate, and to what extent they are represented as subjects of human rights. The study makes use of printed news articles published by the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet during the two time periods. The theoretical framework implemented is Hannah Arendt’s theory on the stateless and rightless refugee, which is applied on the results of the located representations. The method applied on the empirical material is discourse analysis, more specifically, Carol Bacchi’s “What’s the problem represented to be”-approach. Previous research suggests varied media representations exist from the refugee crisis 2015, but as the Ukrainian refugee crisis 2022 is on-going, past literature is limited. This study’s results showed that representation from 2022 and 2015 differentiate, with Ukrainians represented more extensively as humanized victims than the latter, who instead are represented more extensively as economical and administrative burdens, but also economical resources. Additionally, the study concludes that articles from 2022 implicitly represented refugees more extensively as subjects of human rights - construed as varied forms of protection and support - than refugees represented in articles from 2015.}},
author = {{Dahl Hill, Jonathan}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{The humanized refugee: Representations and Rights - A discourse analysis of media’s representation of refugees between 2015 and 2022}},
year = {{2023}},
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