Academic Scientific JournalsAnalysis Of The Media Discourse Surrounding The 2021 Polish-Belarusian Border Crisis
Keywords:
Polish-Belarusian border crisis, media language, discourse analysis, refugeesAbstract
The paper analyses media narratives in Polish newspapers, magazines and media websites about the refugee crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border. The study uses methods from corpus linguistics. The aim of the research was to test the accuracy of the assumption that there are two parallel narratives in the discourse, one based on security and emphasising the danger posed by the migrants, and the other recognising them as victims and showing empathy towards them. The study found that the discourse is rather polarised, with most publications subscribing to only one narrative and borrowing very little from the other.
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