representations of ethnic minorities in the media Flashcards
what did akinti say
akinti argues tv coverage of ethnic minorities focuses on crime, AIDS in Africa and black underacheivement. Whilst ignoring cukture and interests of a huge black audience and diverse interests. Any news is usually bad news and seen through the eye of the white person know ans the WHITE GAZE
what does nittle say
cultural approporiation where basically white people season they chicken a lil more by copying black culture and other cultures
what does gill say
there are a narrow range of black women in the media
what does van dijk say
van dijk conducted content analysis of the news from around the world and suggested that black communities are often painted in a negative light. This research shaped the seven negative ways ethnic minorities are represented in the media
what are all the ways van dijk argues ethnic minorities are represented in the media
ethnic minorities as criminals
ethnic minorities and moral panics
ethnic minorities as a threat
ethnic minorities as abnormal
ethnic minorities as unimportant
what does watson say
watson notes that moral panic often result from media stereotyping of black people as potentially criminal. A classic example of this was seen in the late 70’s when muggings by black people were sensationalised by the media
what does dowling say migrants are blamed for
benefit scroungers
stealing unwanted clothes
taking british jobs
drunken driving
car crashes
groping women
overcrowding churches
what did hall do
conduct a study into the moral panic of black men being portrayed as muggers, this led to the labelling of all black people as more prone to criminality
what model does goffman bak
stigmatised identity
what is stigmatised identity
an identity that is someway seen as abnormal, undesirable or demeaning and which excludes people from full acceptance in society. Goffman argues that this has contributed to islamaphobia in the white majority popoulation
what does cottle say
cottle conduct a study into the moral panic of black men being portrayed as muggers, this led to the labelling of all black people as more prone to criminality
what does Nahdi say
Nahdi says that the way the newsgathering is now based off of bare short snippets its legitimised the voice of extremist Islam giving extremist groups a disproportionate amount of news coverage even though they represent small minority of Muslims and are considrered unacceptable in Islam
what does Ameli say
Ameli argues that western media has made the hijab be seen as oppressive and inferior to western clothing when it is freeing to Muslim women
how are thnic minorities seen as unimportant
Van Dijk says some sections of the media imply white populations are more important than ethnic minorities, e.g. the death of a british person is seen as more important than the death of a 1000 ethnic people
what is the coupe-war-famine-starvation syndrome
the GMG talk about it and it is when third world countries are portrayed as lazy, stupid, and with too many babies and are portrayed by charities as dependant on the west to survive
what is tokenism
when shows include ethnic minorities just because they should
what is ghettoisation
critics have suggested that tv programmes dedicated to minority issues effectively ghettoise such issues by scheduling them when small audiences will view them leading to :
1)white audiences unlikely to watch and may remain ignorant to ethnic minority culture
2)The mainstream media assume minority issues are being dealt with by programming so mainstream news and documentaries are less likely to report them
argues tv coverage of ethnic minorities focuses on crime, AIDS in Africa and black underacheivement. Whilst ignoring cukture and interests of a huge black audience and diverse interests. Any news is usually bad news and seen through the eye of the white person know ans the WHITE GAZE
Akinti
cultural approporiation where basically white people season they chicken a lil more by copying black culture and other cultures
nittle
there are a narrow range of black women in the media
gill
conducted content analysis of the news from around the world and suggested that black communities are often painted in a negative light. This research shaped the seven negative ways ethnic minorities are represented in the media
van dijk
notes that moral panic often result from media stereotyping of black people as potentially criminal. A classic example of this was seen in the late 70’s when muggings by black people were sensationalised by the media
watson
benefit scroungers
stealing unwanted clothes
taking british jobs
drunken driving
car crashes
groping women
overcrowding churches
dowling
conduct a study into the moral panic of black men being portrayed as muggers, this led to the labelling of all black people as more prone to criminality
hall
stigmatised identity
goffman
conduct a study into the moral panic of black men being portrayed as muggers, this led to the labelling of all black people as more prone to criminality
cottle
says that the way the newsgathering is now based off of bare short snippets its legitimised the voice of extremist Islam giving extremist groups a disproportionate amount of news coverage even though they represent small minority of Muslims and are considrered unacceptable in Islam
Nahdi
argues that western media has made the hijab be seen as oppressive and inferior to western clothing when it is freeing to Muslim women
Ameli
dodd and dodd
Argue that working class communities are now threatened by criminal and racist forces.
poole
poole argues that muslims are daemonised in the news and presented as a threat to society, the group are often associated with fundamentalism, (link to moral panics, akinti (the white gaze), and ameli (hijab oppression)
Abercrombie
Changing Stereotypes of Ethnicity
Media stereotypes of black and other ethnic minority groups do seem to be changing Appreciation and greater media policy commitment to ethnic minority populations, h led to an increase in more channels serving EMG communities as well as EMG portray in mainstream media. Abercrombie (199) stated that there are now more Black and Asian actors in popular dramas and soaps; they are portrayed as appearing as routin characters in normal everyday storylines.
What has digital Tf allowed
Channels such as al Jaz here’s an bbc Asia to flourish
