Die Darstellung Der Ausländerfeindlichkeit Im Nachrichten Magazin Der Spiegel Nach Der
Abstract
In the 1990s, many Germans celebrated the reunification of Germany. It came to a sense of
national pride and positive patriotism. The “Wende” (German term for the unification of
Germany) strengthened the feeling of nationalism, but at the same time stirred up resentment
against “the others”. The question the role the media (represented here by the news magazine
“Der Spiegel”) played during that period is the focal point of my Master’s thesis. The use of
relevant terms such as “xenophobia” in the magazine Spiegel was of particular interest in this
thesis. The display of xenophobia in the news magazine Der Spiegel after the unification of
Germany has been studied from the perspective of cultural studies. The key questions were: In
what contexts does the term xenophobia arise? How and what forms of xenophobia were
represented in the news magazine « Der Spiegel » in the period between 1990 and 1995? How
were the attacks in Hoyerswerda and Rostock reported on? How can we address the problem
of xenophobia in a German classroom without running the risk of falling into stereotypes? My
analyses were based on the critical discourse analysis (CDA) and on the approaches of Claus
Altmayer and Uwe Koreik. The reports and comments (print version and the online version)
were considered in the thesis. The methodology used to attain the goals are content analysis
and the critical discourse analysis.
Publisher
University of Nairobi
Subject
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