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Berry, Thomas (2019)

Media, Politics and the Refugee Crisis

Master thesis | International Relations (MA)

In this paper we will explore the complex relationship between the news media and political decision making in the United Kingdom, as well as how that relationship affects an actor’s role in international relations. Focussing on a selection of British newspapers and the government, we analyse the discourse surrounding migration and refugees during the 2015 Refugee Crisis. We observe the intersections of political influence which travel between the press and politicians, and vice versa, as well as the ways in which those influence mechanisms can impact behaviour at the international level. Considering the relationship according to conceptions of normative values and social hegemony we can identify how the discourse informs the national attitude towards particular issues.

refugee

Britain

UK

media

influence

Author

Berry, Thomas

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Global Conflict in the Modern Era

Supervisors

Richard, Anne-Isabelle

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en