Public debates are rife with overt blame attributions—the explicit assignment of moral responsibility for problems in society to individuals and groups. The present study develops a framework for identifying discursive blame attribution strategies in the journalistic mediation of problems through the use of causality construction, which enables an understanding of how blame is attributed implicitly. I draw on a qualitative and quantitative discourse analysis of migration frames to distinguish three types of perceived migration-related problems: security-based, economic, and cultural. I make a further distinction based on whether these problems are causally explained by: (1) reference to migrants’ alleged culture and religion or (2) the socioeconomic conditions they experience in the recipient country. The study advances our understanding of blame attribution by drawing attention to the subtle ways groups are held responsible for problems in society through journalistic mediation processes and how context influences mediated blame attribution.

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移民新闻框架中的话语指责归因策略：如何在新闻框架中调解对感知到的移民相关问题的指责

公开辩论中充斥着公开的指责——将社会问题的道德责任明确分配给个人和群体。本研究开发了一个框架，通过使用因果关系构建来识别问题新闻调解中的话语指责归因策略，从而能够理解如何隐式归因。我利用对移民框架的定性和定量话语分析来区分三种类型的感知移民相关问题：安全问题、经济问题和文化问题。我根据这些问题是否可以通过以下因素进行因果解释来进一步区分：（1）提及移民所谓的文化和宗教或（2）他们在接受国经历的社会经济条件。这项研究通过新闻调解过程，提请人们关注群体对社会问题负责的微妙方式，以及背景如何影响调解的指责归因，从而增进了我们对指责归因的理解。