Representations of Immigrants and their issues in the Media / Die Darstellung von Migrantinnen und Migranten und ihren Themen in den audiovisuellen Medien (only in German)

Keywords: Western Europe, Germany, German, religion & belief, migrants, media ethics & diversity, report, study freedom of expression & diversity, media literacy, resource for all, print, online 

Migrants are often the subject of media coverage, but even take little part in broadcasts, rarely make contributions and are generally not the author of information. This structural exclusion, the author sees as a reason for the clichéd caricature the media especially by Muslim immigrants draw and convey. In contrast, multilingual radio and television offers and media representation of cultural hybridity appropriate means to address migrant groups in society to enable Partizipaton and ethnic stereotypes, such as the criminalization of Muslims as extremists and Islamic fundamentalists disband.

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