Mass-Media and Political Opinion Making (Content Analysis)

Reporting on foreigners in magazines and newspapers of the Federal
Republic.

Topics: 1. Formal aspects: magazine or newspaper name; date of
publication; number of the article taken from the edition; number of
first page; placement on page; extent; series part; category;
information on title or headline; authorship; article genre; layout and
presentation; 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; foreigner
group; group articulating itself in the article; main topic of the
article; reports about foreigner crime, criminal offenses, culprits,
crime victims and causes of crime; contents of sensationalism articles
as well as reports on discrimination against foreigners, political
inflitration and political dangers from foreigners; foreigners and
women; foreigners and health problems; topics of good-will reports;
integration as a topic; foreigners as vehicle of culture; topics of
non-fiction articles; causes and motives of migration; contents of
reports about country of origin; statistical information; reports about
political interest and political participation of foreigners; reports
about social problems of foreigners; information about family
questions; information about foreign children and young people; housing
problems; 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 German
population to foreigners; job market reports and reports aout the
economic situation; assessment and evaluation of national economy and
business management aspects of foreigner employment; occupational
trainers and qualification; statement about adaptation to industrial
work and frequency of change of job; foreigners as competition for
German workers; demands of the author raised in the article;
characteristics attributed to foreigners in the article.

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