MIGRANTI KAO 'OPASNI DRUGI' U BOSANSKOHERCEGOVAČKIM MEDIJIMA
MIGRANTS AS A 'DANGEROUS OTHERS' IN THE MEDIA OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Summary/Abstract: When migrants and refugees first entered North Macedonia and then Serbia and Croatia, the media in Bosnia and Herzegovina only sporadically and in the form of short reports reported on the crisis in neighboring countries. Since the beginning of 2018, migrants started entering Bosnia and Herzegovina, trying to find the shortcut to European Union countries. Soon after, they have been labelled as a „dangerous others“, reports described them in a negative context, they had no names and there was no information where they coming from. More often then not they were victims of rumors and lies in the news. Politicians started abusing the media by sending messages of the dangers that migrants are bringing with them, from upsetting the normal lifestyle of the local population to a general safety. Very seldom, migrants were shown through positive, affirmative stories and examples. Politicians used these stories about „dangerous others“ to manipulate the electorate and gain their support while media used this situation to attract bigger clickability. For that reason, this work will try to analyze the case of migrant crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina through the analysis of the coverage in its media, daily newspapers and portals such as Dnevni avaz, Nezavisne novine, Oslobodjenje and Vecernji list (B&H edition) to try and establish the hypothesis that the plight of the migrants, or „dangerous others“ is (ab)used by politicians and the media alike for their agendas.

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