Managing Super-Diversity on Television: The Representation of Ethnic Minorities in Flemish Non-Fiction Programmes
| Autor: | Alexander Dhoest, Steve Paulussen, Koen Panis |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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media representation
Ethnic group Ethnologie Kulturanthropologie Ethnosoziologie soziale Probleme super-diversity ddc:070 lcsh:Communication. Mass media Buch ethnic group 0508 media and communications Belgium public institution Sociology Fernsehen media_common kulturelle Vielfalt Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Belgien Communication Ethnology Cultural Anthropology Ethnosociology 05 social sciences Gender studies Pragmatics television lcsh:P87-96 migration background Soziale Probleme und Sozialdienste Workforce language Mass communications ethnocultural diversity ddc:300 Public service Social Problems media_common.quotation_subject ethnische Gruppe 050801 communication & media studies ethnic minorities 050905 science studies non-fiction programmes Representation (politics) public service media Broadcasting Telecommunication Medien Rundfunk Telekommunikation Social sciences sociology anthropology News media journalism publishing Migrationshintergrund minority media Focus group language.human_language Flemish ddc:360 book Minderheit öffentlich-rechtliche Einrichtung Publizistische Medien Journalismus Verlagswesen 0509 other social sciences Social problems and services cultural diversity Diversity (politics) |
| Zdroj: | Media and Communication, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 13-21 (2019) Media and communication Media and Communication Communicating on/with minorities |
| ISSN: | 2183-2439 |
| Popis: | This study examines and evaluates the representation of ethnocultural diversity in non-fiction TV programmes broadcasted by the Flemish (Belgian Dutch-speaking) public service broadcaster VRT in the 2016–2017 TV season. A qualitative content analysis of a sample comprising 36 clips and episodes of 14 non-fiction programmes was supplemented by four focus group interviews with a total of 12 participants belonging to different ethnocultural minorities. The findings suggest that despite several measures undertaken by the VRT, the representation of ethnocultural minorities is still unbalanced and biased in at least three ways: first, in presenting minorities as homogeneous groups rather than highlighting intragroup differences; second, in ‘typecasting’ people with a migration background thematically, i.e., for items on topics and issues related to their ethnocultural identity; and, third, in portraying and approaching minorities from a dominant group perspective. The article ends with the recommendation for public service media to further improve ethnocultural diversity in the workforce and to encourage their journalists and TV producers to reconsider their ‘professional pragmatics’ in order to increase their ethnocultural sensitivity and better manage the representation of super-diversity in their programmes. |
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