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Where is the Frame?: Victims and Intruders in the Belgian Press Coverage of the Asylum Issue

Van Gorp, Baldwin·2005·European Journal of Communication
DOI 10.1177/0267323105058253
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In this article an empirically oriented conceptualization of frames is developed, using the issue of asylum and illegal immigration in the Belgian press as a test case. The methodological focus of this study is on the question of how these frames can be detected in the coverage. How can they be defined independently of the researcher’s perspective, knowing that the naming of frames in itself already involves a kind of framing? Two frames are reconstructed and deductively ‘measured’ by a content analysis: on the one hand, ‘asylum-seekers are innocent victims’ and, on the other hand, ‘asylum-seekers are intruders’. In the second phase, this article examines to what extent eight Belgian newspapers used these two frames to cover the issue of asylum. A homogeneity analysis by means of HOMALS is introduced in the framing research. It turns out to be a fruitful way to establish the frames in the news more precisely. The construction of indices made it possible to explore the evolution of the use of frames over time. Surprisingly, the Christmas mood was a factor that caused a frame-shift and it even led to a media hype.

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Authors
Van Gorp, B.
Venue
European Journal of Communication
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2005-12
Volume
20
Issue
4
Pages
484-507
ISSN
  • 0267-3231 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-3705
DOI
10.1177/0267323105058253
OpenAlex
W2109914622
Cited by
417
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40
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23.82
Type
journal article
Language
en
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