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Black Lives Matter in British media: A comparative study of conservative and liberal media framing of the Black Lives matter (BLM) movement in the UK through a postcolonial lens
University West, School of Business, Economics and IT, Divison of Law, Economics, Statistics and Politics.
University West, School of Business, Economics and IT, Divison of Law, Economics, Statistics and Politics.
2021 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

This study critically analyzes and compares how the BLM movement is framed in British liberaland conservative media. This thesis has its starting point in previous literature which identifies the various used frames, being: Episodic anti-black frame, episodic pro-white frame and thematic anti-black frame and thematic pro-white frame. This study employs a qualitative content analysis for UK conservative and liberal newspapers of our selected newspapers being the Daily Telegraph and the Guardian, to search for the above mentioned frames in the period from 25 May to 30 June. Literature on American media framing of the BLM movement has inspired our study and we placed it in a British context. The results showcase a presence of news-articles with the white racial frame constructed in combination with the episodic/thematic frame in British liberal and conservative media. Emerging new frames are also defined and discussed in the analysis chapter. Our thesis will contribute to the broader question of how British conservative and liberal print media affects the framing of race in the coverage of the BLM movement. 

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2021. , p. 66
Keywords [en]
Media framing, Black lives matter (BLM) movement, Protests, activism, Postcolonialism, Race
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Political Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-16783Local ID: EIS501OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hv-16783DiVA, id: diva2:1581421
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Political science
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International Programme in Politics and Economics
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Available from: 2021-08-18 Created: 2021-07-21 Last updated: 2021-08-18Bibliographically approved

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