No government mouthpieces: Changes in the framing of the “migration crisis” in German news and infotainment media

Q3 Social Sciences Studies in Communication Sciences Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI:10.24434/j.scoms.2021.02.005
Dennis Lichtenstein
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This study investigates the German media’s framing of the 2015–2016 “migration crisis” and their support and criticism of the initial open-door policy. A standardized content analysis examines changes in media frames following the key event of assaults on New Year’s Eve (NYE) 2015. It is analyzed how changes in coverage differed between public broadcasting news and infotainment formats (talk and satirical shows) and how they were related to governmental communication. The findings contradict ideas of a state-conforming and uniform coverage of the “migration crisis.” Media coverage did not parallel the governmental switch from support for the open-door policy to ambivalence after the NYE incidents but challenged governmental communication with critical counter frames. Regarding support for the open-door policy, the news media showed some parallels to the government’s frames; however, the infotainment media deviated in their frame agenda from the news media and thus contributed to diversity in media discourse.
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没有政府喉舌:德国新闻和信息娱乐媒体中“移民危机”框架的变化
本研究调查了德国媒体对2015-2016年“移民危机”的描述,以及他们对最初的门户开放政策的支持和批评。一项标准化的内容分析研究了2015年新年前夜(NYE)袭击事件后媒体框架的变化。分析了公共广播新闻和信息娱乐形式(谈话和讽刺节目)的覆盖面变化如何不同,以及它们与政府沟通的关系。这一发现与国家统一报道“移民危机”的观点相矛盾。媒体的报道并没有将政府从支持开放政策转变为在“新一年”事件后的矛盾态度相提并论,而是用关键的反框架挑战了政府的沟通。关于对开放政策的支持,新闻媒体表现出与政府框架的一些相似之处;然而,信息娱乐媒体在其框架议程上偏离了新闻媒体,从而促成了媒体话语的多样性。
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Studies in Communication Sciences
Studies in Communication Sciences Social Sciences-Communication
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