In January 2020, the world heard about a new virus, Covid-19, that soon reached around theentire globe. Covid-19 became a global challenge that would lead to widespread restrictionsin the name of prevention – and debates about weather states were doing the right thing. Thispaper looks at the outbreak in Germany and Russia and compares what measures have beentaken to contain the pandemic, and how one Russian state media outlet has interpreted theseactions. A qualitative analysis will be conducted to determine how the state-affiliated newsprovider Russia Today Deutsch framed the situation in Germany and Russia and which voicesthey treated as salient as the pandemic progressed to a German speaking audience. It will beshown that Russia Today Deutsch has different approaches between the two countries: while itcriticises the German government, it praises the Russian state to institute near identicalmeasures.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-484519 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Krintovski, Alina |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informatik och media |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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