Managing Super-Diversity on Television: The Representation of Ethnic Minorities in Flemish Non-Fiction Programmes

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Autor(a) principal: Panis, Koen
Data de Publicação: 2019
Outros Autores: Paulussen, Steve, Dhoest, Alexander
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v7i1.1614
Resumo: This study examines and evaluates the representation of ethnocultural diversity in non-fiction TV programmes broadcasted by the Flemish (Belgian Dutch-speaking) public service broadcaster VRT in the 2016–2017 TV season. A qualitative content analysis of a sample comprising 36 clips and episodes of 14 non-fiction programmes was supplemented by four focus group interviews with a total of 12 participants belonging to different ethnocultural minorities. The findings suggest that despite several measures undertaken by the VRT, the representation of ethnocultural minorities is still unbalanced and biased in at least three ways: first, in presenting minorities as homogeneous groups rather than highlighting intragroup differences; second, in ‘typecasting’ people with a migration background thematically, i.e., for items on topics and issues related to their ethnocultural identity; and, third, in portraying and approaching minorities from a dominant group perspective. The article ends with the recommendation for public service media to further improve ethnocultural diversity in the workforce and to encourage their journalists and TV producers to reconsider their ‘professional pragmatics’ in order to increase their ethnocultural sensitivity and better manage the representation of super-diversity in their programmes.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Managing Super-Diversity on Television: The Representation of Ethnic Minorities in Flemish Non-Fiction Programmes
title Managing Super-Diversity on Television: The Representation of Ethnic Minorities in Flemish Non-Fiction Programmes
spellingShingle Managing Super-Diversity on Television: The Representation of Ethnic Minorities in Flemish Non-Fiction Programmes
Panis, Koen
ethnic minorities; ethnocultural diversity; super-diversity; media representation; public service media; television; non-fiction programmes
title_short Managing Super-Diversity on Television: The Representation of Ethnic Minorities in Flemish Non-Fiction Programmes
title_full Managing Super-Diversity on Television: The Representation of Ethnic Minorities in Flemish Non-Fiction Programmes
title_fullStr Managing Super-Diversity on Television: The Representation of Ethnic Minorities in Flemish Non-Fiction Programmes
title_full_unstemmed Managing Super-Diversity on Television: The Representation of Ethnic Minorities in Flemish Non-Fiction Programmes
title_sort Managing Super-Diversity on Television: The Representation of Ethnic Minorities in Flemish Non-Fiction Programmes
author Panis, Koen
author_facet Panis, Koen
Paulussen, Steve
Dhoest, Alexander
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Dhoest, Alexander
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Paulussen, Steve
Dhoest, Alexander
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv ethnic minorities; ethnocultural diversity; super-diversity; media representation; public service media; television; non-fiction programmes
topic ethnic minorities; ethnocultural diversity; super-diversity; media representation; public service media; television; non-fiction programmes
description This study examines and evaluates the representation of ethnocultural diversity in non-fiction TV programmes broadcasted by the Flemish (Belgian Dutch-speaking) public service broadcaster VRT in the 2016–2017 TV season. A qualitative content analysis of a sample comprising 36 clips and episodes of 14 non-fiction programmes was supplemented by four focus group interviews with a total of 12 participants belonging to different ethnocultural minorities. The findings suggest that despite several measures undertaken by the VRT, the representation of ethnocultural minorities is still unbalanced and biased in at least three ways: first, in presenting minorities as homogeneous groups rather than highlighting intragroup differences; second, in ‘typecasting’ people with a migration background thematically, i.e., for items on topics and issues related to their ethnocultural identity; and, third, in portraying and approaching minorities from a dominant group perspective. The article ends with the recommendation for public service media to further improve ethnocultural diversity in the workforce and to encourage their journalists and TV producers to reconsider their ‘professional pragmatics’ in order to increase their ethnocultural sensitivity and better manage the representation of super-diversity in their programmes.
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