Victims or perpetrators? Explaining media framing of Roma across Europe

Kroon, Anne C.; Kluknavská, Alena; Vliegenthart, Rens; Boomgaarden, Hajo G.

doi:10.1177/0267323116647235

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“…Most commonly, salience is measured based on the absolute number or relative share of news stories referring to immigration or to the presence of certain migrant groups (e.g. Bos, van der Brug, & de Vreese, 2011;Kroon, Kluknavská, Vliegenthart, & Boomgaarden, 2016;Lawlor, 2015).…”

Section: Media Salience Of Issues and Actorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The European media discourse on immigration and its effects: a literature review

Eberl

Meltzer

Heidenreich

et al. 2018

Annals of the International Communication Association

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247

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To understand public opinion about immigration in Europe, one has to understand the media's role in it. We present a literature review on research on media discourse on immigration and their effects. Despite differences in the way immigration and migrant groups are represented in European media, we can observe common patterns. Migrants are generally under-represented and shown as delinquents or criminals. Although, media framing differs based on specific migrant groups the discourse is focusing on, immigration coverage is often negative and conflict-centred. Frequent exposure to such media messages leads to negative attitudes towards migration, may activate stereotypical cognitions of migrant groups, and even influence vote choice. In addition to discussing these issues in depth, the present review also focuses on comparative findings.

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Section: Media Salience Of Issues and Actorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The European media discourse on immigration and its effects: a literature review

Eberl

Meltzer

Heidenreich

et al. 2018

Annals of the International Communication Association

318

247

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“…For instance, studies that have examined the media coverage of Roma generally conclude that this minority is presented in a negative and prejudiced way, and that media rarely offer a positive, though often also stereotypical, alternative image. Roma communities tend to be generalized and silenced in news coverage and are usually referred to in collective terms and in connection with criminality and violence, with an emphasis on ethnicity (Cangár, 2008;Messing and Bernáth, 2013;Kroon et al, 2016). Media also present Roma as a cause of social unrest (Zagibová and Kluknavská, 2013).…”

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Understanding Enemy Images in Central and Eastern European Politics

Gerő

Płucienniczak²,

Kluknavská

et al. 2017

Intersections

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In recent years, Europe has experienced a rise in politics based on antagonism, often discussed from the perspectives of populism and the mainstreaming of the ideologies of the radical right. In this study, we argue that there is a need for an interdisciplinary, theoretically broader and more empirically focused approach that fosters understanding of these developments. To explore the causal factors, we focus on the enemy images that are constructed and diffused by politicians, and their specific historical and structural contexts. The paper thus has two main components: First, we review what political theory, research on populism and on the extreme right and social psychology say about the functions of the use and development of enemy images. Second, we highlight the contextual factors that we consider make the success of a politics based on enemy images more likely in Central and Eastern Europe.

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“…Despite cultural differences that exist across the countries in which the Roma live, Roma people are described by similar characteristics, including untruthful, criminal, passive, aggressive, and lazy (Barberet & García‐España, ; Kende, Hadarics, & Lášticová, ; Lášticová & Findor, ; Ljujic, Vedder, Dekker, & Van Geel, ; Villano et al, ). This multifaceted prejudice against Roma is very deeply rooted in European culture (Villano et al, ) and is present in public discourse, in the media, and in policy decisions across Europe (Kertesi & Kézdi, ; Kroon, Kluknavská, Vliegenthart, & Boomgaarden, ).…”

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“…This multifaceted prejudice against Roma is very deeply rooted in European culture (Villano et al, 2017) and is present in public discourse, in the media, and in policy decisions across Europe (Kertesi & K ezdi, 2011;Kroon, Kluknavsk a, Vliegenthart, & Boomgaarden, 2016).…”

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What predicts anti‐Roma prejudice? Qualitative and quantitative analysis of everyday sentiments about the Roma

Orosz

Bruneau²,

Tropp

et al. 2018

J Applied Social Pyschol

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The present research focused on two primary goals: (a) identifying the content of sentiments about the Roma to which Hungarians are exposed during everyday family conversations, and (b) determining which types of everyday sentiments about the Roma most strongly predict Hungarian respondents’ anti‐Roma prejudice. Content analyzing open‐ended responses from a representative sample of Hungarians (N = 505), we found that more than 76% of the respondents reported being exposed to negative stereotypes about the Roma, 27% to threats posed by Roma, and 16% to overt dehumanization of Roma; additionally more than 20% reported hearing no positive sentiments about the Roma in everyday family conversations. We then examined which negative and positive sentiments most strongly predicted respondents’ anti‐Roma prejudice (using measures of social distance and modern racism). Higher social distance scores were predicted by a lack of positive sentiments, whereas lower social distance scores were most strongly predicted by unambiguously positive sentiments expressed during family conversations. Higher modern racism scores were further predicted by sentiments expressing dehumanization, threat, and violence against Roma. Together, these results attest to the extremity of anti‐Roma sentiments expressed regularly by Hungarians, and suggest how exposure to specific sentiments may foster anti‐Roma hostility. Moreover, these findings provide guidance regarding the specific negative anti‐Roma sentiments that should be combated to enhance the effectiveness of anti‐prejudice interventions.

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Victims or perpetrators? Explaining media framing of Roma across Europe

Cited by 60 publications

References 25 publications

The European media discourse on immigration and its effects: a literature review

The European media discourse on immigration and its effects: a literature review

Understanding Enemy Images in Central and Eastern European Politics

What predicts anti‐Roma prejudice? Qualitative and quantitative analysis of everyday sentiments about the Roma

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