Social Psychology

How does Print Media Portray to the General Public the Gypsy and Traveller Communities in England?

Abstract

This research proposal aims to throw light on the issue of Traveller and Gypsy communities in England. Moreover, this paper also explains the attitude of print media towards these communities and provides an analysis on the racist behaviour of the English print media and its consequences and effects on Gypsies and Traveller communities.

Summary

Although Travellers and Gypsies are not a huge crowd in England but their treatment in the media is horrendous. A measure of the genuine ability of English print media to reveal the fact that they are a multiracial society is its handling of Gypsies and Travellers. The use of prejudicial images, racist language and stereotyped reporting of Gypsies and Travellers supports the principle of chauvinism and so provides to those members of the community who it may influence the proposal that racist approach to others are an rational and acceptable approach, the print media continues to survive within a authoritarian framework which does not permit general protests of racial crime. The Press Complaints Commission manages a code of practice which makes orientation to racial offence but only regards as complaints to be within its extent when the nasty and unpleasant words are used in association to a recognized individual who then themselves protest.

In actual fact this means that the PCC never supports any complaints on the basis of racial crime. What has turn out to be a common practice for advertising and broadcasting is still measured beyond the pale for the print media. In addition to this, over reporting is normally employed with the arrival of Gypsies in local towns, and with the arrivals of refugees from other countries. When the refugees are Gypsies, the consequence appears to be twice. This sort of reporting is so widespread now that the print media and their readers have even lost an unsubstantiated hold on the denotation of the words they use.

Table of Contents

Abstractii

Summaryiii

Introduction1

Methodology2

Critical Analysis4

Discussion5

Discrimination in the Field of Education5

Health Problems Faced by Gypsies and Traveller Communities5

Unequal Treatment from the Police6

General Discrimination6

The Print Media in England6

Reflexivity12

References13

How does Print Media Portray to the General Public the Gypsy and Traveller Communities in England?

Introduction

The Traveller and Gypsy communities are an indispensible part of 21st century England. They contribution to the society can be observed through their participation in several activity areas, and reside by similar regulations as everybody else. But, the British Print Media portray them quite differently. The term “Travellers and Gypsies” embraces various groups, among whom some are residing in Bristol and Britain for hundreds of years. Travellers and Gypsies possess their individual rich customs and traditions but even then they are extensively misinterpreted. Travellers and Gypsies belongs to the minority ethnic groups who are lawfully protected under the act of Race Relations, hence discrimination and inequity in opposition to them is illegal. Government is responsible to encourage their ethnic parity, however several disparities still subsist. They witness extreme levels of prejudice and ...