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This article bridges the Copenhagen school's (CS) framework and framing theory. Framing theory focuses on how a text frames its topic and is often applied to media sources. This is important because the media often is our sole source of learning about events and issues in the world. This article argues that bridging the CS framework and framing theory allow us to understand how the media conveys these issues and with what consequences. Through the bridging, the article makes two contributions to the existing debates on securitization. First, it introduces the concept of a (de)securitizing schema as an innovative way to analyze the media as a (de)securitizing actor. Second, the article uses the concept of a (de)securitizing schema to understand how contesting frames exist in the media. Empirically, the article analyzes two Danish case studies surrounding the migration movements on the European Union's southern border by undertaking a discourse analysis of four Danish newspapers. This empirical analysis shows how the media can be a securitizing actor, capable of employing multiple contesting frames—sometimes within a single news item. In addition, the Danish case illustrates how securitizing and desecuritizing frames evolve over time and from one case study to the next. The article concludes by reflecting on what the concept of securitizing schemas and contesting frames may imply for securitization studies and other case studies., This article bridges the Copenhagen school's (CS) framework and framing theory. Framing theory focuses on how a text frames its topic and is often applied to media sources. This is important because the media often is our sole source of learning about events and issues in the world. This article argues that bridging the CS framework and framing theory allow us to understand how the media conveys these issues and with what consequences. Through the bridging, the article makes two contributions to the existing debates on securitization. First, it introduces the concept of a (de)securitizing schema as an innovative way to analyze the media as a (de)securitizing actor. Second, the article uses the concept of a (de)securitizing schema to understand how contesting frames exist in the media. Empirically, the article analyzes two Danish case studies surrounding the migration movements on the European Union's southern border by undertaking a discourse analysis of four Danish newspapers. This empirical analysis shows how the media can be a securitizing actor, capable of employing multiple contesting frames-sometimes within a single news item. In addition, the Danish case illustrates how securitizing and desecuritizing frames evolve over time and from one case study to the next. The article concludes by reflecting on what the concept of securitizing schemas and contesting frames may imply for securitization studies and other case studies.

This thesis examines how The Danish Continental Shelf Project has laid claim to an extended continental shelf comprising 895,541 km2 of Arctic seabed and subsoil. Specifically, the thesis tries to understand how Denmark-Greenland’s expansion in the Central Arctic Ocean is made possible and how Denmark-Greenland ‘knows’ where to draw this territorial boundary. Jeppe Strandsbjerg’s (2010) Territory , Globalization and International Relations is employed as a theoretical lens through which the research purpose can be investigated. The theoretical framework is based on the argument that we live in a “cartographic reality of space” (2010, p. 4) and it theorizes the role of cartography in producing autonomous space, through which territory and sovereign rights can be claimed. Strandsbjerg’s theory draws on Bruno Latour’s science studies, and therefore puts emphasis on the role of so-called non-humans in creating ‘reality’. This framework highlights the role of the Continental Shelf Project in creating a cartographic reality of space, where borders can be drawn, and territory divided. Simultaneously, the employment of the theory also brings to light how the creation of oceanic cartographic spaces cannot be directly compared to cartographic space created on the basis of landmass. The thesis also provides a thorough introduction to the legal framework, which shapes the existence of the Continental Shelf Project, namely the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), in particular its article 76. The empirical basis of the investigation is interview data, produced through ten semi-structured depth interviews. The interviews were conducted with participation from central actors in the project, the majority of whom are scientists. The interviews have been transcribed and coded. The resulting analysis brings insights on the process of claiming an extended continental shelf, the role of national