Mass Media: Representations of ethnicity

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1. Who stated that the media create a climate of fear by using phrases such as 'flood' and 'tidal wave' as well as interchanging between the phrases 'immigrant' and 'illegal immigrant' frequently?

  • Nandi
  • Philo and Beattie
  • Richardson
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2. According to Van Dijk, which 3 groups seem to constitute the greatest threat in the UK according to newspapers and TV?

  • Refugees and Asylum Seekers, Muslims and Afro Caribbean Males
  • Immigrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers, Muslims
  • Immigrants, Teenagers, Muslims

3. Who argued that Islam was demonised by the Western media - it has traditionally been portrayed as a threat to western interests and represented in a wholly negative way?

  • GUMG
  • Poole
  • Nandi

4. Who notes that moral panics often result from media stereotyping of black people as potentially criminal?

  • Watson
  • Richardson
  • Nandi

5. According to Philo and Beattie, what did TV journalists always forget?

  • immigrants in the UK had made a substantial contribution to economy
  • immigration figures were often over exaggerated
  • majority of the immigrants coming into the UK are here legally

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