„Gastarbeiter hatten wir gerufen, gekommen sind aber Menschen.“ Historische Netzwerkanalyse zum medialen Diskurs über „Gastarbeiter*innen“ in österreichischen Tageszeitungen 1973

Abstract

“We called for Gastarbeiter, but human beings arrived.” Historical network analysis on the media discourse on Gastarbeiter in Austrian newspapers 1973

The 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”.