Abstract
This research looks at how migration is represented in British newspapers by using multimodal critical discourse analysis (MCDA) to examine two news articles published in July/June 2015 from The Guardian and the Daily Mail. The study takes a closer look at the categories used to define immigrants, including the implicit assumption of illegality associated with ‘migrants’ crossing the Mediterranean/Calais. The analysis reveals how both news articles contribute to a similar discourse, which places the refugee at a distance and presents the UK as being threatened by a rising number of, specifically male, ‘migrants’. This article deconstructs two ideologically dissimilar news articles to reveal the manner in which they can both contribute to a negative construction of refugees and immigrants arriving in Europe.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-16 |
| Journal | Networking Knowledge: Journal of the MeCCSA Postgraduate Network |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 24 May 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Europe
- asylum seekers
- illegal immigration
- multimodal critical discourse analysis
- British news
