Forming Global Public Opinion through the Newsfeed: Case Study of the Syria Conflict

Student: Tairov Rinat

Supervisor: Dmitry Dubrovsky

Educational Programme: Political Analysis and Public Policy (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2019

This Thesis provides a look at the four news agencies' coverage of the Syria conflict. This paperwork aims to study, how news agencies from different countries portray the reality, which accents they make and which instruments they use to shape the Global Public Opinion.

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