Medias roll i ökning av främlingsfientlighet och rasism under COVID-19-utbrottet: analys av nyhetsrubriker

master's thesis

• Title (english): The Role of Media in the Rise of Xenophobia and Racism During COVID-19 Outbreak: Analysis of News Headlines
• Title (croatian): Uloga medija u porastu ksenofobije i rasizma uslijed izbijanja COVID-19: Analiza novinskih naslova
• Author: Katarina Bušić
• Mentor: Goranka Antunović (mentor)
• Mentor: Marina Grubišić (mentor)
• Committee member: Anđel Starčević (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Goranka Antunović (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Marina Grubišić (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of English language and literature); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2022, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Philology; German Studies

Abstract

COVID-19 utbrottet är en pandemi som har börjat sprida sig under 2020. Detta utbrott har skapat en känsla av rädsla i olika samhälle, men inte bara mot möjligheten att bli sjuk. Sedan utbrottet har främlingsfientligheten och rasismen i samhället ökat, särskilt mot kineserna. Eftersom mediavärlden är dominerad av vita läsare, spelar representationen en viktig roll i hur minoriteter uppfattas av allmänheten, särskilt när det är skadligt för den vita delen av samhället. (2000:37) Medier har en stor roll i detta. Syftet med den här master uppsatsen var att bestämma hur svenska, engelska och kroatiska medier har tillfört ökning av fruktan mot kineser och var vi kan finna det. Jag skapade en korpus som består av engelska, kroatiska och svenska rubriker och analyserade fraser journalister använde under perioden från den 26 januari till den 8 mars. Jag fokuserade också på rubriker som rapporterade om rasism under den undersöka perioden.

Abstract (croatian)

Godinu 2020. je obilježio virus COVID-19. Broj zaraženih je znatno rastao iz dana u dan te se strah ubrzo počeo širiti kroz društva diljem svijeta. Uz taj su se strah također počeli širiti, pogotovo u zapadnim državama, ksenofobija i rasizam prema Azijatima. Prijašnja istraživanja pokazala su da mediji igraju važnu ulogu u razumijevanju svijeta i drugih kultura te da njima, na Zapadu, dominiraju bijelci (Van Dijk 2000: 37). Zbog te informacije postavlja se pitanje o poziciju manjina u svijetu medija. Ponajviše koliko negativni podtekst može utjecati na čitateljevu perspektivu prema manjinama te koliki utjecaj su mediji imali na porast rasizma tijekom pandemije.
Na početku istraživanja je sastavljen korpus od 354 novinska naslova o Kini, tijelima vlasti i virusu. Naslovi su prikupljeni iz šest različitih novina iz tri države – Ujedinjenog Kraljevstva, Hrvatske i Švedske – u periodu od 26. 1. 2020. do 8. 3. 2020. Ti naslovi su onda bili kodirani kako bi se moglo uspostaviti postoji li razlika u prikazu Kine, vlasti i virusa među državama, ali i između medija unutar unutar svake od tih država. Osim toga, jedno se od istraživačkih pitanja odnosilo na promjenu u broju članaka o rasizmu između siječnja i ožujka 2020. godine.

Abstract (english)

The year 2020 was marked by the pandemic known as the coronavirus pandemic. This pandemic caused fear to spread all over the world. Since the outbreak, xenophobia and racism increased against Asian communities in various parts of the world. Previous research has shown that media influences how we understand the world around us, including other cultures. Since the world of media is dominated by white readers, representation plays an important role in how minorities are perceived by the public. (Van Dijk 2000: 37) This leads to question whether the media could have in any way caused the rise of racism against minorities all over the world through negative subtext.
The main goal of this thesis was to look deeper into how the English, Croatian and Swedish media reported on the COVID-19 outbreak and China during the period from the 26th of January till the 8th of March, when the outbreak became more prominent in Europe.
A corpus of 354 news headlines focusing on China, the authorities and the virus was created. The headlines were then coded to enable thorough analysis of their contents and whether the representation of these topics changed during this period. The analysis also focused on headlines relating to racism and whether their number increased in March.

• Keywords: rubriker; nyheter; medier; rasism; COVID-19; coronavirus; pandemin; diskursanalys; nyhetsrubriker; nyhetskanaler; främlingsfientlighet
• Keywords (croatian): korona virus; korona; COVID-19; rasizam; ksenofobija; novinski naslovi; mediji
• Keywords (english): COVID-19; discourse analysis; coronavirus; media; news headlines; coding; racism; xenophobia; news outlets
• Language: swedish
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:208488
• Study programme: Title: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Linguistics, Literature and Culture, Translation, TEFL; Course: Linguistics; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti)
• Study programme: Title: Swedish Language and Culture (double major); specializations in: Linguistics, Translation; Course: Linguistics; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra švedskog jezika i kulture (magistar/magistra švedskog jezika i kulture)
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• Created on: 2022-01-25 14:17:11