@article{ART003397220},
author={Yongsun Kim},
title={Same Migrant Workers, Different Frames: Political Orientation and the Temporal Dynamics in Newspaper Framing},
journal={The Journal of Multicultural Society},
issn={2005-2553},
year={2026},
volume={19},
number={3},
pages={45-86},
doi={10.14431/jms.2026.10.19.3.45}
TY - JOUR
AU - Yongsun Kim
TI - Same Migrant Workers, Different Frames: Political Orientation and the Temporal Dynamics in Newspaper Framing
JO - The Journal of Multicultural Society
PY - 2026
VL - 19
IS - 3
PB - Research Institute of Asian Women
SP - 45
EP - 86
SN - 2005-2553
AB - This study examines how Korean news media frame migrant workers and how these frames vary according to the political orientation of newspapers and over time. Using Structural Topic Modeling (STM), this study analyzes 8,079 newspaper articles on migrant workers published between 2016 and 2025 by major conservative and progressive newspapers in Korea. The analysis identifies 13 major topics: human rights, multicultural content, migrant domestic workers, occupational accidents, multicultural support programs, foreign workforce policy, anti-discrimination legislation, COVID-19, migrant families, seasonal migrant workers, crimes committed by foreigners, immigration policies in foreign countries, and low-fertility policies. The results indicate differences in topic prevalence according to the political orientation of newspapers. Progressive newspapers tended to place greater emphasis on human rights, multicultural content, occupational accidents, anti-discrimination legislation, and migrant families, whereas conservative newspapers more frequently focused on foreign workforce policy, seasonal migrant workers, immigration policies in foreign countries, low-fertility policies, COVID-19, and multicultural support programs. In addition, for some topics, differences in topic prevalence between conservative and progressive newspapers narrowed, widened, or shifted over time. These findings suggest that media frames of migrant workers are not fixed but constitute a complex discursive structure in which topics are selectively emphasized and reorganized according to the political orientation of newspapers and period-specific conditions.
KW - migrant workers;foreign workers;media framing;media ideology;Structural Topic Modeling
DO - 10.14431/jms.2026.10.19.3.45
ER -
Yongsun Kim. (2026). Same Migrant Workers, Different Frames: Political Orientation and the Temporal Dynamics in Newspaper Framing. The Journal of Multicultural Society, 19(3), 45-86.
Yongsun Kim. 2026, "Same Migrant Workers, Different Frames: Political Orientation and the Temporal Dynamics in Newspaper Framing", The Journal of Multicultural Society, vol.19, no.3 pp.45-86. Available from: doi:10.14431/jms.2026.10.19.3.45
Yongsun Kim "Same Migrant Workers, Different Frames: Political Orientation and the Temporal Dynamics in Newspaper Framing" The Journal of Multicultural Society 19.3 pp.45-86 (2026) : 45.
Yongsun Kim. Same Migrant Workers, Different Frames: Political Orientation and the Temporal Dynamics in Newspaper Framing. 2026; 19(3), 45-86. Available from: doi:10.14431/jms.2026.10.19.3.45
Yongsun Kim. "Same Migrant Workers, Different Frames: Political Orientation and the Temporal Dynamics in Newspaper Framing" The Journal of Multicultural Society 19, no.3 (2026) : 45-86.doi: 10.14431/jms.2026.10.19.3.45
Yongsun Kim. Same Migrant Workers, Different Frames: Political Orientation and the Temporal Dynamics in Newspaper Framing. The Journal of Multicultural Society, 19(3), 45-86. doi: 10.14431/jms.2026.10.19.3.45
Yongsun Kim. Same Migrant Workers, Different Frames: Political Orientation and the Temporal Dynamics in Newspaper Framing. The Journal of Multicultural Society. 2026; 19(3) 45-86. doi: 10.14431/jms.2026.10.19.3.45
Yongsun Kim. Same Migrant Workers, Different Frames: Political Orientation and the Temporal Dynamics in Newspaper Framing. 2026; 19(3), 45-86. Available from: doi:10.14431/jms.2026.10.19.3.45
Yongsun Kim. "Same Migrant Workers, Different Frames: Political Orientation and the Temporal Dynamics in Newspaper Framing" The Journal of Multicultural Society 19, no.3 (2026) : 45-86.doi: 10.14431/jms.2026.10.19.3.45
