The News Framing of the 'Syria Fighters' in Flanders and the Netherlands

In this article we present a cross-national comparison of framing of the issue of the 'Syria fighters' in Flanders and the Netherlands. We examine this topic using inductive and deductive framing analysis and interpret the results in terms of the advocates expressing the frames and the new...

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Veröffentlicht in:Ethnicities 2016, Vol.16 (6), p.798-818
Hauptverfasser: Berbers, Anna, Joris, Willem, Boesman, Jan, d'Haenens, Leen, Koeman, Joyce, Van Gorp, Baldwin
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:In this article we present a cross-national comparison of framing of the issue of the 'Syria fighters' in Flanders and the Netherlands. We examine this topic using inductive and deductive framing analysis and interpret the results in terms of the advocates expressing the frames and the newspapers they were published in. We argue that variation in frame use can be explained by considering the background and social identification of the frame advocates. Furthermore, the subject of the 'Syria fighters' is depicted as mostly relating to (Islamic) religious motives and the overall societal construction is relatively one-sided and problematized in a negative sense. This article serves as a preliminary step to a multi-level analysis of societal discourse on integration-related issues in online and offline networks, with an emphasis on Moroccan minorities in Flanders and the Netherlands.
ISSN:1468-7968