Examining the existence of narratives in news reporting : an investigation of the stories told by Russian media within the frame of the Crimean crisis
Journal: Lund University Publications Student Papers (Lund University)
Year: 2014

This essay has as its aim to investigate articles deriving from the two news organisations the Moscow Times and Russia Today. The articles examined are treating the Russian inbreak on the Crimean peninsula taking place in march 2014, and the purpose of the examination is to see what narratives are emerging when the news corporations repeatedly are covering the event, and if the two narratives are similar to each other. The analysis will be founded on a mix of theories, on the one hand treating t