Media - Representations of Ethnic Minorities

1. Which of the following is a Hegemonic Marxist view?

• The media takes an ideological approach using divide and rule tactic on the ruling class by distracting from class inequalities. Media causes moral panic that leads people to think immigration is more of an issue than unequal income distribution
• Most journalists are white, serving a predominantly white audience - this is a product of economics rather than ideology which means whites provide more profit so must be focused on which causes the marganalisation of ethnic minorities
• The media is a window to the world, it reports objectively and serves the public interest or fear losing their audiences. If blacks are presented as criminal, this is just a reflection of real fears