Media construction of Reality: structural analysis of Roma representation in newspapers

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Authors

SEDLÁKOVÁ Renáta

Year of publication 2003
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Proceedings
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Citation
Field Sociology, demography
Keywords Roma minority; structural analysis; media construction of reality
Description Tis paper introduces an example of structural analysis of media message based on semiotic paradigm of media studies. For the analysis the image of roma was chosen. The author demonstrates which signs the photograph works with, what is their denotative and conotative menaning and which myths it accentuates The "gypsy" myth and thy myth of polici are analysed as an example ot he story about Us and Them.
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