American Behavioral Scientist
Volume 62, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 532-546

On the Border of the Syrian Refugee Crisis: Views From Two Different Cultural Perspectives (Article)

Dimitrova D.V.* , Ozdora-Aksak E. , Connolly-Ahern C.
  • a Iowa State UniversityIA, United States
  • b Bilkent Universitesi, Ankara, Turkey
  • c Penn State University, University Park, PA, United States

Abstract

Since the Syrian refugee crisis represents the worst humanitarian crisis in modern history, it is critical to examine how global media covered this issue. Focusing on two nations significantly affected by the refugee crisis—Bulgaria and Turkey, this study employs a content analysis to examine differences in refugee portrayals in national media. The results show that Turkish media coverage was more personalized and more likely to emphasize the victim frame. In contrast, Bulgarian coverage was less personalized and more likely to emphasize the administrative frame. The findings are placed within national context and their implications for media framing of refugees are discussed. © 2018, © 2018 SAGE Publications.

Author Keywords

Turkish press news framing Bulgarian press Syrian refugees Media representation of refugees

Index Keywords

Turkey (republic) refugee victim Article Bulgaria human content analysis
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85046777248&doi=10.1177%2f0002764218756920&partnerID=40&md5=8ace1cbd94d2bc48fbdd540eed3cf029
DOI: 10.1177/0002764218756920
ISSN: 00027642
Cited by: 2
Original Language: English