Local media perception of the EU and US Foreign Policy in the Colombian post-conflict era
Místní mediální percepce zahraniční politiky EU a USA v post konfliktní době v Kolumbii
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Trvalý odkaz
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/177775Identifikátory
SIS: 252448
Kolekce
- Kvalifikační práce [18142]
Vedoucí práce
Oponent práce
Bianculli, Andrea
Fakulta / součást
Fakulta sociálních věd
Obor
European Politics and Society: Vaclav Havel Joint Master Programme
Katedra / ústav / klinika
Katedra evropských studií
Datum obhajoby
23. 9. 2022
Nakladatel
Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních vědJazyk
Angličtina
Známka
Výborně
This research explores the Colombian media perception of the EU and the US in the case of post conflict Colombia. Both actors' important role in the Colombian conflict resolution granted them prominence in the peacebuilding process the country is going through, an open invitation for them to deploy their respective and commonly juxtaposed foreign policy tools. Following a news media analysis informed by the cascade activation framing theory (Entman, 1993; Entman, 2003), this study argues that despite there's a significant salience of both EU and US's foreign policies - especially in the news in which the actors were involved in the Colombian domestic issues. The major degree of centrality and emotive charge in which the US is framed ultimately makes it a more outstanding international actor - a result that may be related to the US-Colombia longstanding and stable partnership. Still, although the EU is not the most salient, perceptions in the Colombian media show the recognition of the EU's distinctiveness as normative actor and in the environmental, energy, migration, and human rights fields. This is ultimately coherent with the areas of soft power approach it wants to project to the world and represents the EU's successful mediated public diplomacy and ability to penetrate in a country highly influenced by...