Marginalisation of Ethnic Minorities in Contemporary Media...

Marginalisation of Ethnic Minorities in Contemporary Media In the last decade there has been an enormous change in the nature of the media and the ways people interact with it. For example, cable, terrestrial and satellite television channels plus widespread cheap access to the Internet and digital technology have spread rapidly from the USA to many other parts of the world. In addition audiences are now able to interact with the media to some extent, so they are able to exercise some control over the form and sometimes the content of the message they receive. For representation to be meaningful to audiences, there needs to be a shared recognition of people, situations and ideas. It is very†¦show more content†¦Not every foreign person is a threat to the security of Britain as the newspaper have us believe. The quote from the newspaper shows its biased, this view is very stereotypical maybe because at the time this happened war was prominent. Van Dijks (1991) study of European newspaper coverage indicates that black people are often portrayed as criminals. Another example of black people being portrayed as criminals is an article on the Nation of Islam, which reinforces stereotypes of black people being criminals, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ ¦His (Louis Farrakhan) acolytes in their neat jackets and bow ties, selling the Nation of Islams journal have always offered the black community a more inspiring role than the junkies and muggers who inhabit the same space. Television representation of ethnic minorities portrays a particularly restricted range of social roles for minority ethnic groups. In 1999 the broadcasting standard commission found that in terrestrial and satellite television, members of minority ethnic groups appeared in 42% of programmes, accounting for 7% of all people with a speaking role. They were best represented in childrens programmes. 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