Media Representation: Ethnicity

Question 1

Davies - as criminals

Answer 1

Content analysis of the daily mail - 64% of pictures of black people were exclusive of muggers, murderers and rapists

Question 2

Poole - as abnormal

Answer 2

Cultural practises of ethnic minority groups are called into question by the British media. The media is ‘ethnocentric’

Question 3

Van Dijk- as a threat

Answer 3

Right wing tabloid newspapers often panic about number of Em’s in Britain and impact on housing and jobs
- used to be Asian and Black groups but now more focused on Eastern Europe

Question 4

Poole - as a threat

Answer 4

Islam has always been demonised and distorted

Question 5

Davies - as unimportant

Answer 5

The daily mail are more interested in the victims of crime if the victims are white

Question 6

As dependent

Answer 6

News stories about less developed countries often imply that the causes are self inflicted

• these countries are dependent on the Western world
• informed African experts on the situation in less developed countries are ignored by European and American reporters who may not Be there full time