Threat of the Downtrodden: The Framing of Arab Refugees on CNN

Arab Media & Society, 22, 1-17, Spring 2016

17 Pages Posted: 8 Jul 2016 Last revised: 22 Oct 2017

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Abdulrahman Elsamni

Faculty of Mass Communication - Ain Shams University

Date Written: 2016

Abstract

This article questions how Arab refugees and asylum seekers were framed in global news, represented by the online international edition of one leading news network, namely CNN. Based on framing theory, this article presents the results of a quantitative content analysis that assessed which news frames were existent in the news coverage of the Arab refugee crisis. The sample of this study consisted of the news articles published by CNN online during January 2016. This month was chosen because it witnessed a series of negative events involving Arab refugees and asylum seekers in their countries of resettlement, such as the Cologne sex attacks and Istanbul suicide bombing.

Keywords: Framing, Arab, Refugees, CNN, Content Analysis, News, Mass Communication, Journalism

Suggested Citation

Elsamni, Abdulrahman, Threat of the Downtrodden: The Framing of Arab Refugees on CNN (2016). Arab Media & Society, 22, 1-17, Spring 2016, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2806660

Abdulrahman Elsamni (Contact Author)

Faculty of Mass Communication - Ain Shams University

Cairo
Egypt

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