Focusing Events and Politicians’ Framing of Refugees’ Deservingness

• In Event: Lightning Talks: Identity and Ideology

Brief Overview

How do politicians react to focusing events? Analyzing 4639 social media posts by politicians in the context of a focusing event in Germany during the ‘European Refugee Crisis’, I find that politicians absorb the event into their usual communication.

Author

• Anselm Fliethmann, University of Konstanz