2. Discourse and
the reproduction of racism
The news media do
not passively describe or record news events in the world, but actively (re-)
construct them, mostly on the basis of many types of source discourses. – 203
3. Ethnic
minorities in news media
Anti-racist
position are often ignored or censored or their coverage by the media is limited
to preferably violent demonstration and action. 204-205
Barred from
public communication, and hence from persuasive, counter-prevailing power,
minority groups are forced into forms of resistance that may attract public
attention through media accounts, e.g., disobedience, disruption, or
destruction. These will capture the attention of journalists precisely because
they are consistent with both news values (negativity, violence, deviance) and
with ethnic prejudice (minorities are deviant, violent). – 205
4. Properties of
news about the ethnic minority groups
4.1 Presentation
Frequency and
size
4.2 Topics and
thematic structure
The study of
discourse meaning or content may take place at the local level of words and sentences, and on the global level of topics
or themes, which we define in terms of semantic macrostructure. – 209
Thematic
structures
4.3 Actor roles
Who is speaking?
4.4 Local
meaning, style and perspective
5. Context and
conclusions
The media in
general and news media in particular play a central role in the very production
mechanism of ethnic attitudes and racism. - 220
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