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The representation of refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants in British newspapers during the Balkan conflict (1999) and the British general election (2005)

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Majid KhosravinikORCiD

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Abstract

This article is a CDA investigation into the representation of refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants during two major events: the Balkan conflict in 1999 and the British general election in 2005 as reflected in British newspapers. The article is part of a larger project on the representation of these groups of people between 1996 and 2006 in British newspapers. The study shows that while there are major similarities in the micro-linguistic categories used in representations of these groups in these two periods, e.g. the metaphors, the overall communicated messages are not similar and the macro-structural contexts behind the processes of interpretation of these discourses play a determining role in transferring certain `meanings'. The research also shows that while newspapers have different strategies in their representations due to their political standpoints, in some important ways they all contribute to a similar construction of these people.

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Author(s): KhosraviNik M

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Discourse and Society

Year: 2009

Volume: 20

Issue: 4

Pages: 477-498

ISSN (print): 0957-9265

ISSN (electronic): 1460-3624

Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd.

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0957926509104024

DOI: 10.1177/0957926509104024

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