Migrationsberichterstattung, Medienpädagogik und politische Bildung

The Role of the Mass Media in the Integration of Migrants

“…Several studies have shown that foreigners are, if at all, mostly shown in a negatively biased manner in the German mass media (see Butterwegge, 2006; Geißler & Pöttker, 2005a, 2006a; Schatz, Holtz‐Bacha, & Nieland, 2000), as is the case in other countries. Even though the German media also report on German criminals, this does not lead to “the Germans” to be seen as a threat, in part because Germans are also portrayed in many other (positive) ways, whereas foreigners are shown almost exclusively as criminals (Sonntag‐Wolgast, 2000).…”

“…In this sense, people, who are generally influenced very early on by the media and certain political parties, would be immunized against racist resentment and stereotypes from a young age (Butterwegge, 2006; Grosser, 1987), for example, through direct intense contact with other ethnic groups (Six & Schütz, 1996), for instance, in formal education settings from preschool onwards. They also need to learn media competences early enough through media education to be able to critically question media content (Butterwegge, 2006). Education systems are in a unique position to take on this responsibility, by implementing measures that will ultimately prove efficient (see Deutscher Bundestag, 2011).…”

“…As noted, in the media, crimes committed by members of ethnic minorities are usually ascribed to their ethnic origin, for which the whole community needs to take responsibility (see, e.g., Butterwegge, 2006;Fleras, 2006;Haenni Hoti, 2005), as ''the foreigners'' are constantly seen as an indivisible group. One possibility for migrants and other minorities to break this classification and to be seen as self-contained individuals would be to break out of their ''ghettos'' and to more equitably disperse socially 12 and geographically-admittedly, this is probably easier said than done.…”

Changing labour migration politics in Germany: an organizational perspective

“…honour killing, compulsory use of the headscarf and the related oppression of women) led to a distorted image of migrants. Parallel with the economic and political debate on the usefulness of labour migrants, there was an increasingly positive representation of immigrants (Butterwegge, ). In the context of the 40 th anniversary of the German labour recruitment agreement, some politicians – among them Gerhard Schröder – highlighted the merits of Turkish immigrants for the German society (Butterwegge & Hentges, ).…”

“…However, around the year 2000 a higher degree of sensitivity is observable. The more neutral wording “Migrant” and a call for a higher degree of sensitivity about the media's influence on negative opinion‐making with regards to migrants is observable over the course of time (Butterwegge, ) . The word “Ausländer”, in English “foreigner” or “alien” (literally: “out‐lander”), suggests what Georg Simmels’ () definition of the social type “Wanderer” refers to: a person who comes today and leaves tomorrow, whereas an immigrant means a person who comes today and stays tomorrow.…”