The topic of Syrian Refugees has been in the news a lot recently, especially the topic of child refugees, who have been effected by the wars and violence in their country. Before researching this topic in more detail, I wanted to get a basic knowledge if how Syrian Refugees are represented in general. I scanned news articles from a variety of sources and used wordle to copy and paste appropriate articles across. The site "Wordle" then created a word cloud for me, picking out the most prominent words which appear in all of the news stories, regardless of the company or writer. This way, we can see what words we are currently associating with Syrian Refugees, and consequently, the picture which the media are painting for us. Below is my word cloud:

No comments:
Post a Comment