Abstract
There is an established othering discourse that is applied to migrants and is usually promulgated by the Russian mass media. The current research identity construction in Russian TV identified several patterns that are common to all major networks and conform to the binary process of ‘othering’ that has been identified by most discourse scholars. The topic of migration is a very diverse discursive landscape, where several types of discourses compete, each advancing its own primary antagonism. The official position has evolved, but it continues to juggle several contradictory discourses, combining incompatible elements as a result, such as presenting Russia as a home for peaceful coexistence of different ethnic groups, but tightening migration regulation.
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Gaufman, E. (2017). Migration. In: Security Threats and Public Perception. New Security Challenges. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43201-4_8
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