Browsing by Author "Erbsen, Heidi Ann, juhendaja"

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The dynamics of liberal media discourse on the Middle Eastern migration crises: the case of Gazeta Wyborcza in 2015 and 2021
(Tartu Ülikool, 2023) Klochko, Polina; Kołodziej, Jacek, juhendaja; Erbsen, Heidi Ann, juhendaja; Tartu Ülikool. Sotsiaalteaduste valdkond; Tartu Ülikool. Johan Skytte poliitikauuringute instituut
The thesis examines the newspaper coverage of Middle Eastern migration to Poland and the European Union in the years 2015 and 2021. The case study explains how the liberal-democratic Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza framed the 2015 refugee crisis from the Middle East and the 2021 border dispute between Poland and Belarus in its online and in-print archived publications. The study traces the evolution of Gazeta Wyborcza`s migration framing using the mixed-method research design. The frame analysis based on R. Entman (1993) and D. Snow and R. Benford (1988) supplements the R-based unigram and bigram generation. The study revealed the predominance of humanitarian and guest frames in newspaper discursive constructions. Meanwhile, the discrepancies in immigration coverage stemmed from such contextual factors as proximity and crisis responsibility attribution. While the 2015 crisis coverage focused on war-led emigration from the country of origin, the 2021 border crisis description prioritised the hybrid warfare of Belarus against Poland.
The impact of war in Ukraine on the national identity of Russian-speakers in Estonia: the case study of Narva
(Tartu Ülikool, 2023) Demidova, Natalia; Erbsen, Heidi Ann, juhendaja; Tartu Ülikool. Sotsiaalteaduste valdkond; Tartu Ülikool. Johan Skytte poliitikauuringute instituut
The purpose of this master’s thesis is to find out how the war in Ukraine affected the level of national identity of the Russian-speaking residents of Narva. Did the inhabitants of the border city become more tied with Estonia or, on the contrary, turned towards Russia after the outbreak of the war in Ukraine. A high level of national identity is important for any state, because it shows the unity of the population, its cohesion, a look in one direction. International and Estonian scientific literature was used as a theoretical basis for this master’s thesis. Empirical analysis is based on 50 individual interviews with residents of Narva of different ages and genders, and interviews with three focus groups consisting of residents of the city. All interviews were analyzed, and the respondents were divided into 3 age groups based on common features: the young generation, the middle-aged generation and the older generation. The study revealed that the society of Narva is not homogeneous, different age groups have different levels of national identity (from strong to weak), while even in the same age group there can be diametrically opposed attitudes towards Estonia. The main trend is that the younger respondents are, and the better their level of knowledge of the Estonian language, the less they are engaged in the Russian information field, the higher the level of their national identity. However, changes in the level of national identity are also noticeable among the older generation. In the Conclusion part, the author will share their thoughts on how to improve the national identity of those age groups in which the majority of respondents were with a low level of national identity. The results of thesis can be used in the future to develop strategies for integrating Narva residents into Estonian society, enhancing their national identity.
Russian media coverage of the EU in times of pandemic: does ownership matter?
(Tartu Ülikool, 2021) Vera, Yurchenko; Erbsen, Heidi Ann, juhendaja; Tartu Ülikool. Sotsiaalteaduste valdkond; Tartu Ülikool. Johan Skytte poliitikauuringute instituut
The thesis examines how Russian media frames the EU during the COVID-19 pandemic and whether its coverage differs depending on the type of the ownership. To understand how ownership structures influence media portrayal of a foreign actor, online content of three Russian newspapers — Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Kommersant and Novaya Gazeta — is analyzed. Selected outlets represent different types of ownership: state-owned, privately-owned by a person affiliated with the government, and employee-owned. Qualitative content analysis and T. van Dijk’ approach of critical discourse analysis were applied to investigate: 1) How has Russian media portrayed the EU throughout the coronavirus pandemic? 2) How does media framing differ based on a media outlet’s ownership structure? Two types of analysis were based on the assumption that the more media is affiliated with government structures, the more its discourse reflects these structures. The findings show the influence of ownership only in the case of the state-owned media outlet that reflects Russia’s official discourses towards the EU.