Šiame magistro darbe aptariamas kitataučių vaizdinys Lietuvos masinėse informavimo priemonėse (spaudoje). Spaudos tyrimas paremtas 82 straipsnių, kuriuose kalbama apie kitataučius, analize, jie spausdinti 2004, 2005 metų sausį regioninėse Lietuvos dienraščiuose „Klaipėda“ ir „Šiaulių kraštas“. Tyrime taikyta hermeneutinė, kokybinė ir kiekybinė turinio (content) analizė, paremta pagrįstosios teorijos (grounded theory) atvirojo kodavimo procedūromis. Tiriamuoju laikotarpiu abiejuose dienraščiuose pasirodydavo po vieną ar net kelis straipsnius apie kitataučius per dieną. Tai reiškia, kad tiriamuoju laikotarpiu kitataučių tema žiniasklaidoje (regioniniuose laikraščiuose) yra nuolatinė. „Šiaulių krašte“ straipsnių apie kitataučius daugiau nei trečdaliu daugiau nei „Klaipėdoje“. Lyginant 2004 ir 2005 metų sausio mėnesio straipsnius, pastebėta jų daugėjimo tendencija vėlesniais metais. Kitataučių temoms aprašyti dažniausiai naudojami vidutinio dydžio (0,5-1 puslapio) straipsniai. Didžioji dauguma straipsnių apie kitataučius yra iliustruota 1 ir daugiau nuotraukų. Ir „Šiaulių krašto“, ir „Klaipėdos“ dienraščių 1-ajame puslapyje buvo išspausdinti 22 straipsniai apie kitataučius. Kitataučiai „Klaipėdoje“ ir „Šiaulių krašte“ daugiausiai pristatomi, kalbant apie jų gyvenamąsias vietas (nuo valstybės iki namų erdvės), žmogiškuosius faktorius (tokius kaip charakterio bruožai, išorė), jų socialinius ryšius – vyro ir moters santykius, santykius šeimoje, vestuvių ypatybes. Aptiktos ir... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / In this master degree paper we discuss about foreigners portrait in Lithuanian mass media (newspapers). The research of the mass media discourse of foreigners was based on 82 articles about people from other countries (not Lithuanians), which were found in period 2004, 2005 January, and were taken from two daily newspapers – two big regional newspapers – „Klaipėda“ and „Šiaulių kraštas“. In this research combined approaches of hermeneutic, qualitative and quantitative content analysis, based on procedures of open and axel coding of grounded theory was used. In two Lithuanian periodic newspapers (2004, 2005 January) was published 1 article or more than 1 article about foreigners in a day, it means that foreigners theme in Lithuanian mass media is steady. Also was found, that regional daily newspaper of Šiauliai gives attention to foreigners' theme third more than regional daily newspaper of Klaipėda. Tendency of articles number increasing in period 2004, 2005 January was noticed. Size of the biggest part of articles was 0,5-1 pages, most of articles was illustrating article (had 1 or more photos), and 22 articles were on the first newspapers' page. The biggest part of articles headings and subheadings talk about foreigners' places to live (from country till home spread), their characters, how do they look like, their connections in families, connections between man and woman, wedding ceremonies. Foreigners in two Lithuanian daily newspapers mostly are presented in... [to full text]

One has paid attention to ethnic groups living in Lithuania since olden times. However, one began to more widely discuss the problems of integration of ethnic minorities only after the Independence Restoration. One of the important problems of aliens' integration would be an absence of proficiency in the official language. It is the reason why the matter is examined more widely in this paper, the data of the performed investigation making it possible to examine and to compare the social, legal, cultutural, and integrational situation of ethnic-minority representatives who have mastered or not mastered the official language. During the investigation it has been revealed that the aliens who have mastered the official language have been living in Lithuania at least 20 years or have been born and brought up in this country. These persons freely express their abilities and rely on their forces; once having lost their jobs, most of the respondents would look for another job at State-owned institutions or companies. They take an active part in political life and in that of their national communities, observe the changes that take place in the national TV and newspapers, while believing that they have successfully integrated themselves into the Lithuanian State. The aliens who have not mastered the language believe that the principal reason that has affected their absence of proficiency in the language is a lacking communication environment. These representatives of national... [to full text]