Uncertainty, Threat, and the Role of the Media in Promoting the Dehumanization of Immigrants and Refugees

Esses, Victoria M.; Medianu, Stelian; Lawson, Andrea

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“…We considered alternative explanations of the current findings, namely the lack-of-fit model (Heilman, 1983), theories of intergroup threat (e.g., Esses, Medianu and Lawson 2013), and theories of obedience to organizational authorities (e.g., Hamilton and Sanders 1999), but found the SIT approach to be a more suitable explanation for the threat-based skill paradox. First, whereas the lack-of fit model explains employment discrimination in stereotyped jobs, our reasoning also applies to non-stereotyped jobs.…”

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The skill paradox: explaining and reducing employment discrimination against skilled immigrants

Dietz

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Esses

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The International Journal of Human Resource Management

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Section: Robustness In Comparison To Potential Alternative Theoreticamentioning

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The skill paradox: explaining and reducing employment discrimination against skilled immigrants

Dietz

Joshi

Esses

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The International Journal of Human Resource Management

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“…This strategic employment of individuals' experiences to reinforce culture-specific values evidenced Hall's (1997) hermeneutic approach to articulation as a form of de-contextualizing and re-contextualizing one's positions to support the dominant cultural norms. On a Macro-view, the overwhelming lack of media scrutiny on Mexican immigrants who entered U.S. legally and achieved success through higher education demonstrated another important aspect central to the dominant news discourse: it served the nationalist discourse denying the immigrants' legitimate access to other visible and respectable realms of professions and ways of achieving success (Don & Lee, 2014;Esses, Medianu & Lawson, 2013;Ono & Sloop, 2002).…”

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“…Mainstream media representation tends to support the ideological construction of reality (Hall, 1997). Drawing on this foundational concept, the newspapers' reification of American dream can be detected through a critical reading of the news discourse, which affirms the logics of neoliberal ideology.…”

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Becoming American: Constructing Mexican Immigrants in Local Newspapers

Zhu

2015

Studies in Media and Communication

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Media representation of Latino immigrants has been extensively studied by scholars across diverse academic disciplines. Particular to the U.S. context, preceding scholarships pertaining to the ways in which Latinos were represented centered on the media representation of Latino immigrants either as the exotic racial other or undesirable foreigners. In light of the important role that the Mexican immigrants played in understanding the current national debate on illegal immigration and the overall historical experiences of immigrants in Washington State (WA), this study critically investigated how news articles published in WA represented Mexican immigrants. As a crucial point of departure from prior studies' focus on media representation in national context and lack of an in-depth inquiry into how the contextual elements operate to affect media coverage, the present study revealed that the local news media constructed Mexican immigrants as the racial other through a dialectical articulation and the assimilationist rhetoric. Key implications for future research were offered at the end for continuing exploration of media representation of immigrants.

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“…In addition to disseminating policy messages, the media also construct and promote particular positions on these issues (Esses et al 2013).…”

Section: The Rejection Of Refugees and Migrants By The Mediamentioning

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Refugees in Cyprus: Local Acceptance in the Past and Present

Alecou

Mavrou

2017

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This paper seeks to report how Greek-Cypriots view migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees in Cyprus, compared with their views on the first migratory wave in the late 1940s, taking into account the influence of the media. More specifically, the paper investigates the lack of integration and local acceptance of asylum seekers and migrants in the host countries both in Europe and in Cyprus, giving special emphasis on the role of the media and the language used and how this affects the perception of civil society on refugees. The paper led us to the conclusion that this group of people faced in Cyprus, both previously in the 1940s as well as today, racism, exploitation, and marginalization from Greek-Cypriots due to the language used by the media and the lack of policies towards integration of refugees and asylum seekers.

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Uncertainty, Threat, and the Role of the Media in Promoting the Dehumanization of Immigrants and Refugees

Cited by 434 publications

References 58 publications

The skill paradox: explaining and reducing employment discrimination against skilled immigrants

The skill paradox: explaining and reducing employment discrimination against skilled immigrants

Becoming American: Constructing Mexican Immigrants in Local Newspapers

Refugees in Cyprus: Local Acceptance in the Past and Present

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