Romanians in the Italian Newspapers: Image, Reality and Media Impact
Romanians in the Italian Newspapers: Image, Reality and Media Impact

Summary/Abstract: This paper aims to analyse the image of Romanians in Italy, as seen in the mass media of the Peninsula. The interest is concentrated on the impact of Romania’s accession to the European Union on January 1st 2007 on the Italian society and on the image created by the mass media during the successive years – we refer to several Italian newspapers with a wide national distribution: Corriere della Sera (liberal), La Repubblica (progressive orientation), Il Giornale (right-wing), Il Manifesto (left-wing) – in order to highlight the social dynamics and human relations. We will analyse the measure in which the articles published in newspapers are concerned with cases of “black chronicle” – especially the rape in the Caffarella Park in Rome – to increase the sensationalism in presenting criminal cases with Romanian actors, causing an exaggerated debate, in general, regarding the presence of foreigners in Italy and, in particular, of the Romanian community. At the same time, attention will be focused on the reaction of the Romanian citizens in Italy and of the Romanian and Italian authorities, concerning the events that have been topics of discussion in the newspapers.

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