"South Africa belongs to all who live in it": Deconstructing media discourses of migrants during times of xenophobic attacks, from 2008 to 2017.
A growing body of literature on media and xenophobia in South Africa has shown that the depiction of immigrants by the mainstream print media is overwhelmingly negative, and this in turn enforces negative stereotypes that contribute to further xenophobic attacks. This paper adds a dimension that is...
| Publicado en: | Communicare Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 136 - 153 |
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Communicare, Journal for Communication Sciences in South Africa
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=134831530&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 134831530 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 02590069 U17 jtl: Communicare issn: 02590069 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jul2018 vid: 37 iid: 1 pid: 74236 pub: Communicare, Journal for Communication Sciences in South Africa artinfo: ui: 134831530 ppf: 136 ppct: 17 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 1.6MB tig: atl: "South Africa belongs to all who live in it": Deconstructing media discourses of migrants during times of xenophobic attacks, from 2008 to 2017. aug: au: Chiumbu, Sarah Helen Moyo, Dumisani affil: Associate Professor, Department of Journalism, Film and TV, School of Communication, University of Johannesburg Associate Professor, Department of Journalism, Film and Television, and Vice-Dean Academic, Faculty of Humanities, University of Johannesburg su: Xenophobia Immigrants South Africa sug: subj: South Africa Xenophobia Immigrants ab: A growing body of literature on media and xenophobia in South Africa has shown that the depiction of immigrants by the mainstream print media is overwhelmingly negative, and this in turn enforces negative stereotypes that contribute to further xenophobic attacks. This paper adds a dimension that is missing from existing research to focus on media representation of immigrants within questions around citizenship and identity.. The arguments driving this paper are inspired by the proclamations in the South African Constitution preamble, which states that "South Africa belongs to all who live in it, united in our diversity". This paper analyses how selected print media in the country construct immigrants in the context of identity and belonging. We start from the premise that as a social institution, the media play an important role in shaping policies on immigration that have a bearing on these matters. Using theories of media and national identity, the paper examines thematic frames used by the selected newspapers to construct the image of immigrants during three periods of xenophobic violence, in 2008, 2015, and 2017. Our main argument is that while the media have played a significant role in creating awareness about the scourge of xenophobia, they have, wittingly or unwittingly, used narrative frames that justify the exclusion of foreigners, thereby entrenching a perception of insiders and outsiders, citizens and non-citizens. In the process, they also reinforce fears of a national takeover by the foreign "other". These arguments hold significance in the broader debates about the transformation of the print media and its role in the on-going process of nation-building. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Communicare is the property of Communicare, Journal for Communication Sciences in South Africa and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Communicare holder: Communicare, Journal for Communication Sciences in South Africa dt: @attributes: year: 2018 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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