Migration Coverage in Europe, Russia and the United States: A comparative Analysis of Coverage in 17 countries (2015-2018)
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2022
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Kreutler, Marcus
Fengler, Susanne
Asadi, Nastaran
Bodrunova, Svetlana
Budivska, Halyna
Diop, Layire
Ertz, Georgia
Gigola, Daria
Katus, Eszter
Kovacs, Denisa
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Six years after the so-called ‘refugee crisis’ in 2015, the European Union remains divided on questions of migration and asylum policy. The issue also remains high on the agendas of the USA and Russia, two other key destination countries with immigration from Latin America and the Post-Soviet space. This article presents results from a comparative study of news coverage in 17 countries, focusing on 10 EU member states in Western and Central Eastern Europe (CEE), the USA and Russia. The intensity of coverage was remarkably different, with Hungary’s and Germany’s media standing out while Russian media displayed relatively low levels of coverage. Individual migrants and refugees were most visible in the two outlets from the USA. Media in CEE countries tended towards a more critical approach than media in Western Europe. However, differences between most countries’ pairs of analyzed media outlets indicate a more pluralistic debate than frequently assumed.
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comparative analysis, journalism, migration, refugee, media coverage, article
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Migration Coverage in Europe, Russia and the United States: A comparative Analysis of Coverage in 17 countries (2015-2018) / Kreutler Marcus, Fengler Susanne, Asadi Nastaran, Bodrunova Svetlana, Budivska Halyna [et al.] // Central European Journal of Communication. - 2022. - Vol. 15, Issue 2. - P. 202-226. - https://doi.org/10.51480/1899-5101.15.2(31).2