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Germans. As a rule, Russo-Germans had conceived of themselves as a
minority in Russia and, for this reason, they are not as attached to their
homeland as Italian migrants are to Italy or Turkish migrants to Turkey. Many
Russo-Germans feel as if they have “returned home” to the land of their
ancestors and feel no need to maintain ties to the country they have emigrated
from.
2.4 Views on the German media
Views on the German media prove to be quite negative (figure 3). These media
meet with the greatest skepticism on the part of Turkish migrants; Russo-
Germans evaluate them somewhat more positively; the Italians’ position is
somewhere in between. Turks and Italians criticize the absence of topics that
would be interesting to migrants and the cliché-like representation of migrants
– especially the Italians find that their image in the media involves stereotypes.
All three groups complain of predominantly negative reports on migration and
migrants, for example, the representation of migrants as criminals. The Turks
voiced this criticism most frequently. With respect to the issue of whether the
German mass media promote a good atmosphere between migrants and
Germans, these media were judged to be just as deficient as the ethno-media.
Turkish migrants were the most critical here – with reference to both German
and Turkish media. With reference to one issue, Russo-Germans in particular,
to a lesser extent the Italians, and even less the Turks, perceive media content
with an integrating effect – German media help migrants to cope with
everyday life in Germany.
2.5 Migrants’ ideas on how to improve media integration
Which suggestions do migrants make on how to improve media integration?
Do their ideas correspond to our concept of media integration (figure 4)?
A clear majority of the Turks (76%) and of the Italians (70%) interviewed
would like to see more coverage and more positive reports on migrants and
their culture and activities, their celebrations and festivities, their clubs and
organizations. Only a small minority of both groups rejects such intensified
coverage because they suspect a lack of interest in such topics on the part of
the Germans or because they think that these things are none of the Germans’
business. Russo-Germans are more reserved towards such improvements. In
any case, 40 percent say that they have no opinion on this. Apparently, the
Media – Migration – Integration
European and North American Perspectives
- Title
- Media – Migration – Integration
- Subtitle
- European and North American Perspectives
- Authors
- Rainer Geissler
- Horst Pöttker
- Publisher
- transcript Verlag
- Date
- 2009
- Language
- English
- License
- CC BY-NC-ND 3.0
- ISBN
- 978-3-8376-1032-1
- Size
- 15.0 x 22.4 cm
- Pages
- 250
- Keywords
- Integration, Media, Migration, Europe, North America, Sociology of Media, Sociology
- Category
- Medien