Mass Media: Representations of ethnicity

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Who argues that TV coverage of ethnic minorities over focuses on crime, AIDs in Africa and black under achievement in schools, whilst ignoring the culture and interests of a huge black audience?
Akinti
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Who conducted a content analysis of tens of thousands of news items across the world over several decades and found that representations of EM were stereotypical and negative?
Van Dijk
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Who notes that moral panics often result from media stereotyping of black people as potentially criminal?
Watson
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According to Hall, who was the moral panic constructed around?
black mugger
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Who argued that some sections of the right wing media collided with the state to create this moral panic by sensationalising events and labeling all young afro caribbeans as criminals and a potential threat to while people?
Hall
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Who found that the common news stereotype was the idea that ethic minorities are posing a threat to the majority white culture?
Van Dijk
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According to Van Dijk, which 3 groups seem to constitute the greatest threat in the UK according to newspapers and TV?
Immigrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers, Muslims
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According to Philo and Beattie, who are moral panics usually focused on?
immigrants and asylum seekers
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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?
Philo and Beattie
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According to Philo and Beattie, what did TV journalists always forget?
immigrants in the UK had made a substantial contribution to economy
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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?
Poole
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Who did Richardson study?
British Muslims
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What 4 representations did Richardson find? (all correct)
British Muslim communities are almost wholly absent from the news
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Who argues that the way that newsgathering is now based in short snippets has actually legitimised the voice of extremist Islam - these groups given large amount of coverage but represent small pop of Muslims - destroys trust amongst Muslim readers?
Nandi
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Who conducted a content analysis of tens of thousands of news items across the world over several decades and found that representations of EM were stereotypical and negative?

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

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According to Hall, who was the moral panic constructed around?

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Who argued that some sections of the right wing media collided with the state to create this moral panic by sensationalising events and labeling all young afro caribbeans as criminals and a potential threat to while people?

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