2020/06/15 by Konrad Pölzl, Pölzl, Konrad
Social Sciences · #Communism, Protests, Social Movements #European history and politics #Sociology and Education Studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.15203/historia.scribere.12.605
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“We called for Gastarbeiter, but human beings arrived.” Historical network analysis on the media discourse on Gastarbeiter in Austrian newspapers 1973The following seminar paper analyses the media discourses about so-called Gastarbeiter in Austrian newspapers in 1973. As a methodological basis, the historical network analysis is applied, whereby all relevant newspaper article of the “Presse”, “Kurier” and “Arbeiter-Zeitung” will be examined and evaluated. The conclusion that emerges from the analysis is that, starting in September 1973, a media discourse developed in which the whereabouts and reduction of Gastarbeiter were discussed and Gastarbeiter became a political issue for the first time. However, the focus was never on the Gastarbeiter as people and individuals, with problems, fears and a self-determined future, but only on economic and social advantages or disadvantages for “Austrians”.