Teorija in Praksa
Volume 56, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 681-699

The 2015 and 2016 migration crisis in Europe: How Croatian daily newspapers represented and portrayed refugees and migrants (Article)

Car V. , Čančar E. , Bovan K.
  • a Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia
  • b Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia
  • c Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The aim of this research was to find out how refugees and migrants were narratively constructed and represented in selected Croatian daily newspapers during the migrant crisis in 2015 and 2016. We were interested to determine whether such people were addressed in the articles as “refugees” or “migrants”, whether they were commonly portrayed as victims or as a threat, and if Croatia and the neighbouring countries were represented as a refugee-friendly or refugee-hostile country. We present the results of quantitative content analysis and narrative analysis of articles on refugees and migrants published in three of Croatia’s most read daily newspapers (Jutarnji list, Večernji list and 24 sata) in different periods during the crisis. © 2019, Ljubljana University, Faculty of Social Sciences. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

Migrants Refugees Newspapers Media representation Croatia Balkan route

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85075613812&partnerID=40&md5=aa874e8937de64861b1b3f9849392e28
ISSN: 00403598
Original Language: English