Wenzel, Andrea2025-07-252025-07-252025-05https://scholarshare.temple.edu/handle/20.500.12613/11170For an area of journalism that reports on people on the move, refugees, asylum-seekers, and immigrants (RASIM); the gaze of migration reporting has been ironically unmoving, fixating on what locals wish to learn about migration, and in disregard of RASIM`s right to ‘represent oneself to society’ (Benhabib, 2018). Globally, communication scholars have observed that news media frequently portrays RASIM as threats to host communities (Seo & Kavakli, 2022). Despite many professional resources for journalists wishing to produce migration news stories, news media continues to deliver sensationalized stories, serving only to drive polarization. This dissertation examines the impact of polarization on journalistic practices with a focus on Türkiye, a nation hosting one of the largest RASIM populations in the world. Following a mixed-methods approach, it combines qualitative and quantitative content analysis of 1,000 news articles -selected from a pool of 11,000- from Türkiye’s top ten outlets (2022–2023) with semi-structured interviews conducted with 14 journalists experienced in migration reporting. The findings reveal dominant themes and formats in migration reporting shaped by ideological and institutional pressures and the multilayered challenges in producing equitable migration reporting.267 pagesengIN COPYRIGHT- This Rights Statement can be used for an Item that is in copyright. Using this statement implies that the organization making this Item available has determined that the Item is in copyright and either is the rights-holder, has obtained permission from the rights-holder(s) to make their Work(s) available, or makes the Item available under an exception or limitation to copyright (including Fair Use) that entitles it to make the Item available.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/JournalismCommunicationSocial researchMedia polarizationMigration reportingNews framing of migrationPractice of journalismRefugee representationTurkish mediaText2025-06-16Kavaklx131_temple_0225E_16020.pdf