In the midst of the Finnish NATO process Turkey was discussed in the Finnish news more than before. This was due to Turkey withholding Finland’s NATO membership for almost a year. This study investigates the framing of Turkey in the editorials of Helsingin Sanomat (HS), the largest and most influential newspaper in Finland to understand whether the NATO membership process affected the framing. A frame analysis is constructed over three periods: before Finnish NATO application, during the accession process, and after the membership was ratified. The emerging frames are compared in a diachronic comparison. The analysis is guided by Entman’s (1993) framing model and his four framing functions to understand how the editorials define problems, diagnose causes, make moral judgements, and suggest remedies. This study finds that the HS editorials’ framing of Turkey focuses on the president of the country and is negative throughout the periods. No radical changes in framing were found over the periods, but all throughout Erdoğan’s politics were seen as senseless, undemocratic, and oppressive. The frames develop towards harsher direction over the periods, and the Finnish alignment with Turkey through NATO can be considered to play a part in this framing.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:mau-68419 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Koste, Elsa |
| Publisher | Malmö universitet, Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS) |
| 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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