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
