Country of Origin versus Religion in Migrant Framing: Moroccans and Turks in the Dutch print Media

This study challenges the recent literature's emphasis on religious identity in framing migrants by proposing to bring the country of origin to forth.  To what extent, if any, is the ‘country of origin’ influential on positive or negative portrayals in the media? Are those migrants from different countries represented differently in different news reporting? What are the implications of social, political, economic and cultural relations between sending and receiving countries on the portrayal of migrants in the media of country of settlement? Are negative stereotypes identified with the entire Muslim population or are specific ethnic groups blamed in this regard? The paper will examine and compare the data on the difference between the portrayal of Moroccans and Turks in the Netherlands to investigate whether there emerge patterns for each ethnic background keeping their Muslim identity constant. The paper combines qualitative and quantitative techniques of content analysis in its endeavor to thoroughly analyze the relevant discourse as well as making systematic comparisons across Moroccans and Turks.