STEREOTYPES AND BIAS IN ROMANIAN PRESS- ANALYSING THE REPRESENTATION OF THE ROMA COMMUNITY
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Received
19 August 2024
Revised
22 October 2024
Accepted
29 October 2024
Available Online
15 November 2024
Abstract
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PAPER IS TO ANALYSE THE WAYS IN WHICH THE ROMANIAN PRESS PERPETUATES NEGATIVE STEREOTYPES REGARDING ROMA COMMUNITIES. SEVERAL NARRATIVES AND RHETORICS UTILIZED BY JOURNALISTS WILL BE IDENTIFIED AND HIGHLIGHTED WITH THE HELP OF MASS -MEDIA ARTICLES. THE REPRESENTATION OF THE ROMA COMMUNITY HAS GRADUALLY EXPANDED SINCE 1989 AND THERE ARE CURRENTLY TWO STATE INSTITUTIONS WHOSE GOALS ARE CLEARLY ALIGNED WITH THE IDEA OF CEASING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THIS MINORITY: THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR COMBATING DISCRIMINATION AND THE NATIONAL AGENCY FOR ROMA. NEVERTHELESS, THIS COMMUNITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH A PLETHORA OF STEREOTYPES AND PREJUDICES. ONE OF THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO ANALYSE HOW THESE STEREOTYPES ARE BUILT IN ROMANIAN MEDIA DISCOURSE. AS FAR AS THE SCIENTIFIC MOTIVATION FOR STUDYING THIS PHENOMENON IS CONCERNED, THIS STEMS FROM THE NECESSITY OF UNDERSTANDING THE MECHANISMS THROUGH WHICH THE PRESS CONTRIBUTES TO THE STIGMATIZATION OF A COMMUNITY WHICH IS ALREADY MARGINALIZED BY SOCIETY.
Keywords
STEREOTYPES
DISCRIMINATION
MINORITIES
PRESS ARTICLES
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