ERIC Number: EJ967209
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Jun
Pages: 11
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The Role of the Mass Media in the Integration of Migrants
Christoph, Vanessa
Mind, Brain, and Education, v6 n2 p97-107 Jun 2012
The media have a profound effect on the worldview of their consumers and should be carefully considered in matters of immigration. Often, migrants are portrayed through a negative lens by the media and most usually as a homogenous group rather than as individuals. This article examines the portrayal of migrants in one particular context (Germany) and questions what the best ways would be for handling these negative images, especially but not only in education systems. The author concludes that perhaps the combination of viewing migrants as individual people, rather than as a homogenous group, as well as more positive media portrayal of migrant people, would lead to a more positive representation of migrants in society.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mass Media Effects, Migrants, Mass Media Role, Stereotypes, Immigration, Negative Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
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