2020
DOI: 10.1177/1468796820932588
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How television news disguises its racist representations: The case of Romanian Antena 1 reporting on the Roma

Abstract: Research shows that news media around the world tend to represent ethnic minorities in ways which nurture distorted views and invite negative attitudes. Scholars have also emphasised that, in contemporary societies, a political climate has emerged which has made overt racism unacceptable and social taboos leading to racist statements are increasingly being managed and disguised in order to avoid direct accusations. In this paper we use Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis (MCDA) to carry out an in-depth anal… Show more

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“…The visual analysis focuses on the study of iconography in visual design with special focus on the analysis of the carriers of connotation, such as settings, objects, and categorisation of people (Kress and Van Leeuwen, 2006). The analysis in this paper draws on the empirical work of Breazu and Machin (2020, 2021, 2022 who provide concrete examples of representational strategies of people and their actions in television news.…”
Section: Theory and Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The visual analysis focuses on the study of iconography in visual design with special focus on the analysis of the carriers of connotation, such as settings, objects, and categorisation of people (Kress and Van Leeuwen, 2006). The analysis in this paper draws on the empirical work of Breazu and Machin (2020, 2021, 2022 who provide concrete examples of representational strategies of people and their actions in television news.…”
Section: Theory and Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Representations of Roma on television often perpetuate existing prejudice and stereotypes in relation to illiteracy, criminality, unconventional lifestyle, or refusal to comply with societal norms and values. Whether poverty-stricken or defined by extreme wealth, Roma communities on television appear unlikeable and abnormally different (Breazu & Machin 2020;Imre & Tremlett, 2011;Jensen & Ringrose, 2014;Leudar & Nekvapil, 2000). Despite their marginalised status, contemporary public discourse about Roma has been largely shaped around stereotypes and prejudice in relation to illiteracy, crime, violence, corruption, primitiveness and unwillingness to abide by societal norms and values (Breazu, 2020;Cretu, 2014;Erjavec, 2001;Tremlett, Messing, & Kóczé, 2017).…”
Section: Roma On Televisionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…In the face of negative press coverage of the Roma in a range of EU countries, the Romanian news media itself foregrounded the embarrassment caused to Romania and to Romanians in general who were seen to be tarnished by association (Breazu and Machin 2020). This was also seen as a problem where many European citizens conflate Roma and Romanian as being the same thing, creating barriers for decent hard working economic migrants (Wemyss and Cassidy 2017).…”
Section: Roma Migration In Europementioning
confidence: 99%
“…It has been argued that such representations are certainly not helpful in the task of fighting discrimination and violence against the Roma (McGarry 2017). In fact, this coverage conceals that Roma across the EU, and in Romania in particular, live in extreme poverty and social marginalisation (Breazu and Machin 2020). Here perceived social problems such as begging and living in temporary settlements must be viewed as responses to this situation rather than innate characteristics of being Roma (Van Baar 2014).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%