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Useful Theories and their application to media texts
Representation – Page 11-15
Dangerous
Alvarado states that some texts represent ethnic minorities as a threat to society and they are often blamed for social problems. Immigrants are stereotypically represented as benefit cheats and scroungers. The ghettoization of some social groups reinforces the idea of difference as they become marooned communities who are seen as apart from the norm. Some newspapers manipulate the readers' fear of the unknown by grouping together individuals under the common title of 'immigrants'. This lack of personalisation makes it easier to blame them for a range of social problems.
Look at the two front pages – How have these texts been constructed to convey messages to an audience?
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