Political communication through party channels: a content analysis of Estonian political parties' communication during the European refugee crisis 2015-2016

dc.contributor.advisorPääbo, Heiko, juhendaja
dc.contributor.advisorMole, Richard, juhendaja
dc.contributor.authorMarcus, Florian
dc.contributor.otherTartu Ülikool. Sotsiaalteaduste valdkondet
dc.contributor.otherTartu Ülikool. Johan Skytte poliitikauuringute instituutet
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-30T10:13:07Z
dc.date.available2016-09-30T10:13:07Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThe refugee crisis that used to concern some European countries turned into a pan-European problem when the EU agreed that all member states should accept and take care of some refugees. In April 2015, Estonia was confronted with this reality and its political elite, organised in six different parties that are represented in the national parliament, started to discuss the issue at hand. This thesis employs a quantitative content analysis in order to map out the positions of the different parties, along with their argumentative style, general attitude towards refugees, and main topics that were connected with the refugee question. The different positions are also compared across two different platforms, first the respective party webpage, second the parliament faction section. The second aim of this thesis is to examine how the different parties would adjust their discourse according to internal and external events that happened between April 2015 and March 2016. Finally, there is a discussion on the validity of the party press release as an individual type of media. This model will then be juxtaposed to Hallin’s spheres in order to find out whether the old paradigm still has some validity in the modern, interconnected world. Keywords: Estonia, Refugee Crisis, Quantitative Content Analysis, Political Communicationen
dc.description.urihttp://www.ester.ee/record=b4614446*est
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10062/53961
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherTartu Ülikoolet
dc.subject.othermagistritöödet
dc.subject.otherpagulasedet
dc.subject.otherkriisidet
dc.subject.otherpoliitiline kommunikatsioonet
dc.subject.otherkvantitatiivsed uurimismeetodidet
dc.subject.otherkontentanalüüset
dc.subject.otherEestiet
dc.subject.otherEuroopa Liidu maadet
dc.subject.other2010-ndadet
dc.titlePolitical communication through party channels: a content analysis of Estonian political parties' communication during the European refugee crisis 2015-2016en
dc.typeThesisen

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