Communication, Culture and Critique
Volume 8, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 557-575
“Others Among Their Own People”: The Social Construction of Ethiopian Immigrants in the Israeli National Press (Article)
Mengistu G. ,
Avraham E.*
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Department of Communication, University of Haifa, Haifa, 31905, Israel
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Department of Communication, University of Haifa, Haifa, 31905, Israel
Abstract
The article examines the ways in which the national press includes or excludes the Ethiopian immigrants in the Jewish-Israeli collective, and the changes applicable to these inclusion and exclusion practices. The study uses qualitative and quantitative content analysis, with reference to postcolonial theory. The findings of the research show that Israeli journalism tended, on one hand, to include the immigrants within the ancient Jewish collective, while at the same time, treating them as being culturally ignorant. This research provides a complex definition of the boundaries of the others, while also shedding light on an important subject, namely the representation of Ethiopian immigrants in Israeli media, which has been neglected by social science researchers. © 2015 International Communication Association
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DOI: 10.1111/cccr.12095
ISSN: 17539129
Cited by: 2
Original Language: English