%0 Journal Article
%T Framing Brexit: The role, and the impact, of the national newspapers on the EU Referendum
%A David Khabaz
%J Newspaper Research Journal
%@ 2376-4791
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0739532918806871
%X A content analysis of top selling newspapers in the United Kingdom shows a significant level of support given to the pro-Leave campaign leading to the Referendum on June 23, 2016, on whether the United Kingdom should remain a European Union member. The national newspapers¡¯ influence on the outcome of the Referendum can be seen through the application of repetitive frames that highlighted long-established concerns around ¡°taking control,¡± ¡°democracy¡± and ¡°sovereignty.
%K Brexit
%K qualitative frame analysis
%K European Union
%K U.K. referendum
%K take control
%K undemocratic EU
%K super-state
%K my country back
%K sovereignty
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0739532918806871