Issue 2011/02

This second issue of the Global Media Journal (German Edition) is concerned with migration and integration discourses in the media. The call for papers for this issue has been launched under the impression of the massive public debate about the racist statements and newly published book of the then Bundesbank board member Thilo Sarrazin at [...]

Lünenborg, Margreth; Fritsche, Katharina; Bach, Annika (2011): Migrantinnen in den Medien. Darstellungen in der Presse und ihre Rezeption. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, Reihe „Critical Media Studies“, Band 7, 176 Seiten, ISBN 978-3-8376-1730-6. Review von Christine Horz Die Analyse der Repräsentation von Migranten in den Medien hat sich seit den 1990er Jahren zu einem immer wichtigeren Bereich gegenwarts-bezogener [...]

Dutta, Mohan J. (2011): Social Change: Structure, Culture, and Agency. London: Routledge. 342pp.; ISBN 978-0415878746. Review von Dirk Claas-Ulrich With Communicating Social Change. Structure, Culture, and Agency Mohan J. Dutta is enthusiastically engaged in the constantly contentious debates of structurally caused inequalities and disparities in current inter-/intranational relations. From a critical theory perspective, he analyzes the significance and modes [...]

Elisabeth Klaus & Ricarda Drüeke | PDF-Fulltext Abstract: Based on the concepts of cultural citizenship and media-constructed spaces of identity the article explores how issues of migration, residency and citizenship are discussed in the Austrian press. The authors are interested in two questions: Which spaces of identity does media create for migrants and locals? And which [...]

Ulrike Irrgang | PDF-Fulltext Abstract: This paper examines how the German news magazine DER SPIEGEL and the daily BILD cover the issue of migration in Germany.  As other studies in the early 1990s have shown, the debate in both print media was dominated by negative and polemic articles. The analysis conducted in this paper clarifies to what [...]

Dennis Lichtenstein, Christiane Eilders and Julija Perlova | PDF-Fulltext Abstract: The paper examines the social integration process between the Latvian speaking majority and the Russian speaking minority in Latvia´s public discourse. We investigate whether or not the integration of Latvia into the EU may help to overcome the integration deficit between the two groups. Integration theory, public [...]

Susan Schenk & Mohamed Ahmed | PDF-Fulltext Abstract: The election in Iran 2009 caused a serious crisis in Iranian society. The news media around the world reported about alleged manipulation, election fraud and other irregularities. “Where is my vote?” became the rallying cry of Iran’s opposition. This paper presents a cross-national comparative media analysis of news [...]

Magdalena Ratajczak | PDF-Fulltext Abstract: This article is divided into three main parts. The first is an overview of the situation of the Roma minorities in Slovenia and Poland. The second part of the article presents minority broadcast media and the main elements of the legal and institutional framework they operate in. Finally, this article focuses [...]

“Produkt eines jahrzehntelangen Kommunikationsprozesses” Interview mit Dr. Sabine Schiffer zu Migrationsdiskursen in den Medien | PDF-Fulltext Abstract: GMJ: Seit etlichen Jahren wird von der Forschung das Problem stereotyper Darstellungen von MigrantInnen in den Medien beklagt. Hat sich in den deutschen Mainstream-Medien aufgrund dieser Debatte etwas verändert? Wenn ja, was und wie lässt sich das festmachen? Dr. Sabine [...]