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Медийна рецепция онлайн на Доклада за състоянието на националната сигурност на България през 2016 г.
Analysis of the Media Reactions to the Government's Annual National Security Report for 2016

Author(s): Konstantin Pavlov
Subject(s): Politics, Social Sciences, Political Theory, Civil Society, Sociology, Security and defense, Political behavior, Politics and society, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Фондация за хуманитарни и социални изследвания - София
Keywords: Content analysis; online media; national security; Bulgaria; propaganda

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyzes the media and political reactions in Bulgarian online media to the Government's Annual National Security Report, subsequently approved by the Bulgarian Parliament, for the period September 2017 – November2017. References to the report were subject to content analysis according to the timeline of the reactions and the intensity of their occurence, according to the different categories of institutional and non-institutional speakers, as wellas according to the basic messages they were carrying. The findings show a strong disproportion in the representation of different opinions and the lack of public debate on the subject. Since the beginning of the period, there is a visible disparity between the reactions to the Report and their media coverage.The passages in the text of the Report that describe the role of Russia for the Bulgarian national security focus almost all of the media attention and were the most debated political issue on this topic. With a great deal of certainty it can be speculated that the next national security topic that will get great coverage will revolve around the state of security in the Black sea.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 47
  • Page Range: 267-309
  • Page Count: 43
  • Language: Bulgarian