Talk on the Media’s Role in Creating Otherness and Exclusion:: 'Discursive Identifications and Public (dis)Connections'
In this article, we examine how media coverage of migration issues and portrayal of migrants are reflected upon and talked about among families with migrant backgrounds living in Sweden. To date, most Nordic media research on migration has focused on studying media texts, such as representations of...
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2014-12-01
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| description | In this article, we examine how media coverage of migration issues and portrayal of migrants are reflected upon and talked about among families with migrant backgrounds living in Sweden. To date, most Nordic media research on migration has focused on studying media texts, such as representations of migrant and minority issues, rather than on media uses and practices. However, the present study is based on a discursive and contextual approach to media reception, implying in-depth informant interviews, mainly in people’s homes, supported by observations and field notes. Attention is directed towards the informants’ readings of certain media texts, with particular emphasis on their views concerning the media’s role in the creation of otherness and exclusion. Key issues like “truth” and media objectivity, cultural imperialism, non-ethical Western journalism exemplify how symbolic exclusion operates, which in the long run may have profound implications on people’s connections to a shared public world. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-432d74230bbb43e48d7a6ccfb4926c1e2022-12-21T19:23:21ZengHelsinki University PressNordic Journal of Migration Research1799-649X2014-12-014420120910.2478/njmr-2014-0022131Talk on the Media’s Role in Creating Otherness and Exclusion:: 'Discursive Identifications and Public (dis)Connections'Ulrika Sjöberg0Ingegerd Rydin1Malmö University, School of Arts and CommunicationHalmstad University, Media and Communication StudiesIn this article, we examine how media coverage of migration issues and portrayal of migrants are reflected upon and talked about among families with migrant backgrounds living in Sweden. To date, most Nordic media research on migration has focused on studying media texts, such as representations of migrant and minority issues, rather than on media uses and practices. However, the present study is based on a discursive and contextual approach to media reception, implying in-depth informant interviews, mainly in people’s homes, supported by observations and field notes. Attention is directed towards the informants’ readings of certain media texts, with particular emphasis on their views concerning the media’s role in the creation of otherness and exclusion. Key issues like “truth” and media objectivity, cultural imperialism, non-ethical Western journalism exemplify how symbolic exclusion operates, which in the long run may have profound implications on people’s connections to a shared public world.https://journal-njmr.org/articles/143media readingsmigrationdiscoursesexclusionidentification |
| spellingShingle | Ulrika Sjöberg Ingegerd Rydin Talk on the Media’s Role in Creating Otherness and Exclusion:: 'Discursive Identifications and Public (dis)Connections' Nordic Journal of Migration Research media readings migration discourses exclusion identification |
| title | Talk on the Media’s Role in Creating Otherness and Exclusion:: 'Discursive Identifications and Public (dis)Connections' |
| title_full | Talk on the Media’s Role in Creating Otherness and Exclusion:: 'Discursive Identifications and Public (dis)Connections' |
| title_fullStr | Talk on the Media’s Role in Creating Otherness and Exclusion:: 'Discursive Identifications and Public (dis)Connections' |
| title_full_unstemmed | Talk on the Media’s Role in Creating Otherness and Exclusion:: 'Discursive Identifications and Public (dis)Connections' |
| title_short | Talk on the Media’s Role in Creating Otherness and Exclusion:: 'Discursive Identifications and Public (dis)Connections' |
| title_sort | talk on the media s role in creating otherness and exclusion discursive identifications and public dis connections |
| topic | media readings migration discourses exclusion identification |
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