Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
International Society for the Sociology of Religion 38th Conference Religion, Migration, and Conflicts in Polarized Societies, Kaunas, Litvanya, 30 Haziran - 03 Temmuz 2025, ss.282, (Özet Bildiri)
This study analyzes the narratives from the two most-read online
portals in three countries: Turkey, Croatia, and Serbia, focusing on a period
when political elections took place in all three countries. We particularly
focus on the treatment of migration issues across these different media
landscapes. Moreover, the study looks at the variety of sources used in the
articles, the political perspectives presented, and how migration-related
topics are framed in general.
Method:
The texts on the most read online portals in three countries were
analyzed: Turkey, Croatia, Serbia. To identify the most-read portals we used
different data sources for each country: Serbia, Croatia, Turkey). The selected
web portals for Serbia were Blic and Kurir, in Croatia (Croatian portals) and in
Turkey (Hürriyet and Sabah), respectively.
The content analysis spans a four months’ period, from the
beginning of March to the end of June 2024, which coincides with the holding of
political elections at various levels in all three countries. Specifically,
Serbia held elections for the local parliaments, Croatia held elections for
[specific elections], and Turkey held elections for [specific elections]. The
content analysis itself was conducted between October and December 2024.
This research focuses on several key issues, including visible authorship (full name, anonymous, editorial board, initials, or only first letters), sentiment (positive, negative, neutral), and the themes covered in the articles, such as crime, safety, and political events. Additional areas of focus include article size, the presence of multimedia content, the variety of sources cited (including political perspectives), and how migration issues are presented—particularly in relation to the origin of migrants and the regions discussed. The articles selected for this analysis were identified using several keywords: migrant, migrants, refugee, migration, and asylum seeker.
Results: We will
present a descriptive analysis of the data, examining the results for each
country individually, followed by a comparison of the key issues across all
three nations.