Keywords
Multiculturalism, globalization, intercultural communication, media framing, discourse studies, orientalism, marginalization
Abstract
This study critically examined how issues of multiculturalism and Muslim immigration are discursively constructed within the English language European online press. Through the use of a frame analysis as well as a more focused discourse analysis, an examination was undertaken to uncover how “us” versus “them” perspectives were manifest within a public discourse. A total of 132 articles from The Daily Mail, Le Monde Diplomatique, Dutchnews.nl, Spiegel Online and The International Herald Tribune were selected using a systematic sampling method based on the results of a search query for multiculturalism at each news site. The analysis of the data corpus revealed the news media's depiction of multiculturalism and Muslim immigrants as not wholly negative on the surface but under closer scrutiny revealed discursive and linguistic techniques that consistently marginalized and “othered” them. The themes found in the data corpus also illuminated a trend of the subordinated population as lacking proper representation and always being spoken for by the news media.
Notes
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Graduation Date
2015
Semester
Spring
Advisor
Musambira, George
Degree
Master of Arts (M.A.)
College
College of Sciences
Department
Communication
Degree Program
Communication; Interpersonal Communication
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0005587
URL
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0005587
Language
English
Release Date
May 2015
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Access Status
Masters Thesis (Open Access)
STARS Citation
Chakrabarti, Shomik, "Multiculturalism as Reported by the European Online Press: A Qualitative Study on the Manifestation of Othering Discourses" (2015). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 60.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/60