Massenmedien und politische Meinungsbildung (Inhaltsanalyse)

Reporting on foreigners in magazines and newspapers of the FederalRepublic.
Topics: 1. Formal aspects: magazine or newspaper name; date ofpublication; number of the article taken from the edition; number offirst page; placement on page; extent; series part; category;information on title or headline; authorship; article genre; layout andpresentation; language level of article; attitude of author to topic.
2. Topic and content aspect: sources of information of the article;manner of presentation; spatial reference; time reference; foreignergroup; group articulating itself in the article; main topic of thearticle; reports about foreigner crime, criminal offenses, culprits,crime victims and causes of crime; contents of sensationalism articlesas well as reports on discrimination against foreigners, politicalinflitration and political dangers from foreigners; foreigners andwomen; foreigners and health problems; topics of good-will reports;integration as a topic; foreigners as vehicle of culture; topics ofnon-fiction articles; causes and motives of migration; contents ofreports about country of origin; statistical information; reports aboutpolitical interest and political participation of foreigners; reportsabout social problems of foreigners; information about familyquestions; information about foreign children and young people; housingproblems; support measures reported on and support organizations;reports about accidents, accident frequency and causes of accidents;rights of foreigners; information about the attitude of the Germanpopulation to foreigners; job market reports and reports aout theeconomic situation; assessment and evaluation of national economy andbusiness management aspects of foreigner employment; occupationaltrainers and qualification; statement about adaptation to industrialwork and frequency of change of job; foreigners as competition forGerman workers; demands of the author raised in the article;characteristics attributed to foreigners in the article.
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