NOTORIOUS BUT INVISIBLE: HOW ROMANI MEDIA PORTRAYALS INVALIDATE ROMANI IDENTITY AND EXISTANCE IN MAINSTREAM SOCIETY

NOTORIOUS BUT INVISIBLE: HOW ROMANI MEDIA PORTRAYALS INVALIDATE ROMANI IDENTITY AND EXISTANCE IN MAINSTREAM SOCIETY

The Romani are a group of individuals that have been acknowledged in newspapers, television, movies and other forms of media but remain invisible as a people world-wide. Through the use of qualitative interviews, content analysis and qualitative synthesis, this study investigates why this phenomenon...

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Main Author: Covert, Melanie
Format: Others
Published: ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University 2016
Subjects:
Race
Inequality
Racism
Prejudice
Identity
Assimilation
Media
Online Access:http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/sociology_diss/89
http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1091&context=sociology_diss
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spelling ndltd-GEORGIA-oai-scholarworks.gsu.edu-sociology_diss-10912016-12-14T15:35:42Z NOTORIOUS BUT INVISIBLE: HOW ROMANI MEDIA PORTRAYALS INVALIDATE ROMANI IDENTITY AND EXISTANCE IN MAINSTREAM SOCIETY Covert, Melanie The Romani are a group of individuals that have been acknowledged in newspapers, television, movies and other forms of media but remain invisible as a people world-wide. Through the use of qualitative interviews, content analysis and qualitative synthesis, this study investigates why this phenomenon occurs in the United States as well as Europe. Overall, it was found that media portrayals negatively impact the Romani’s ability to successfully acculturate, increases their experiences of prejudice and discrimination and negatively impacts their social, physical and mental health. Romani media portrayals also appropriate the Romani’s ability to define themselves to mainstream society and impacts their identity development. 2016-12-15T08:00:00Z text application/pdf http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/sociology_diss/89 http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1091&context=sociology_diss Sociology Dissertations ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University Race Inequality Racism Prejudice Identity Assimilation Media
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topic Race
Inequality
Racism
Prejudice
Identity
Assimilation
Media
spellingShingle Race
Inequality
Racism
Prejudice
Identity
Assimilation
Media
Covert, Melanie
NOTORIOUS BUT INVISIBLE: HOW ROMANI MEDIA PORTRAYALS INVALIDATE ROMANI IDENTITY AND EXISTANCE IN MAINSTREAM SOCIETY
description The Romani are a group of individuals that have been acknowledged in newspapers, television, movies and other forms of media but remain invisible as a people world-wide. Through the use of qualitative interviews, content analysis and qualitative synthesis, this study investigates why this phenomenon occurs in the United States as well as Europe. Overall, it was found that media portrayals negatively impact the Romani’s ability to successfully acculturate, increases their experiences of prejudice and discrimination and negatively impacts their social, physical and mental health. Romani media portrayals also appropriate the Romani’s ability to define themselves to mainstream society and impacts their identity development.
author Covert, Melanie
author_facet Covert, Melanie
author_sort Covert, Melanie
title NOTORIOUS BUT INVISIBLE: HOW ROMANI MEDIA PORTRAYALS INVALIDATE ROMANI IDENTITY AND EXISTANCE IN MAINSTREAM SOCIETY
title_short NOTORIOUS BUT INVISIBLE: HOW ROMANI MEDIA PORTRAYALS INVALIDATE ROMANI IDENTITY AND EXISTANCE IN MAINSTREAM SOCIETY
title_full NOTORIOUS BUT INVISIBLE: HOW ROMANI MEDIA PORTRAYALS INVALIDATE ROMANI IDENTITY AND EXISTANCE IN MAINSTREAM SOCIETY
title_fullStr NOTORIOUS BUT INVISIBLE: HOW ROMANI MEDIA PORTRAYALS INVALIDATE ROMANI IDENTITY AND EXISTANCE IN MAINSTREAM SOCIETY
title_full_unstemmed NOTORIOUS BUT INVISIBLE: HOW ROMANI MEDIA PORTRAYALS INVALIDATE ROMANI IDENTITY AND EXISTANCE IN MAINSTREAM SOCIETY
title_sort notorious but invisible: how romani media portrayals invalidate romani identity and existance in mainstream society
publisher ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University
publishDate 2016
url http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/sociology_diss/89
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