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Los medios de comunicación juegan un rol fundamental en la percepción social del proceso migratorio
y de las minorías étnicas. A través del análisis de un conjunto de emisiones de Catalunya Radio, RAC1
y la COPE, el estudio que presentamos pretende determinar si el discurso radiofónico se fundamenta en
un lenguaje inclusivo que contribuye a la cohesión social, o bien promueve un sobredimensionamiento
de los conflictos contribuyendo a extender la xenofobia. Coincidiendo con la crisis, el lenguaje excluyente
se consolida y se extiende en los medios. El análisis desarrollado evidencia el uso de conceptos y estrategias
discursivas que remiten, por una parte, al racismo moderno y, por otra, al lenguaje del odio, siendo
frecuentes las imprecisiones, la invisibilidad u homogeneización de determinados colectivos, la contraposición
nosotrosellos
o enfoques basados en el conflicto que enfatizan las diferencias étnicas.
The media play a pivotal role in shaping a society’s view of migration processes and of the ethnic minorities
brought about by such processes. By analyzing a series of broadcasts by (Catalan radio networks)
Catalunya Ràdio and RAC1, and by (Spainwide
radio network) COPE, the study we introduce here purported
to determine whether radio broadcast discourse in Catalonia is engendering an inclusive type of
language that contributes to social unity or whether it is overstating conflict and thus helping to spread
xenophobia instead. In times of economic crisis, instances of excluding language seem to gain currency
and grow more widespread throughout the media. Our analysis shows how both the concepts and the discourse
strategies used in these broadcasts refer us in part to hate speech and to a modern type of racism
more generally, as they are rife with inaccuracies about certain groups, deny minorities of proper visibility,
erase their internal differences by unduly homogenizing them, and overstress ethnic opposition by
emphasizing the us vs. them antagonism and by using conflictbased
approaches to deal with these topics. |
