The complexity and duration of the so-called ‘European refugee crisis’ created a climate of uncertainty, which left ample room for mass media to shape citizens’ understanding of what the arrival of these refugees meant for their respective country. This study analyses the national media discourses in Hungary, Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom and Spain for this time period. Applying Latent Dirichlet Allocation topic modelling in five languages and based on N1⁄4 130,042 articles from 24 news outlets, we reveal country-specific media frames to track the overall course of the refugee debate and to uncover dynamics and shifts in discourses. While results show similarities across countries, due to media coverage responding to real-world developments, there are differences in media framing as well. Possible sources of these differences such as countries’ geographic location or status as receiving country are discussed.

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“欧洲难民危机”的媒体框架动态：比较主题建模方法

所谓的“欧洲难民危机”的复杂性和持续时间造成了不确定的气氛，这给大众媒体留下了足够的空间来塑造公民对这些难民的到来对本国意味着什么的理解。这项研究分析了这段时间在匈牙利，德国，瑞典，英国和西班牙的国家媒体话语。应用来自五种语言的潜在Dirichlet分配主题建模，并基于来自24个新闻媒体的N1⁄4 130,042篇文章，我们揭示了特定国家/地区的媒体框架，以跟踪难民辩论的总体过程，并揭示话题的动态和变化。尽管结果显示出各国之间的相似之处，但由于媒体对现实世界的发展做出了回应，因此媒体框架也存在差异。