THE IMAGE OF THE ROMA PEOPLE ONLINE: CRIME AND NON-INTEGRABILITY AS DOMINANT OPINIONS
THE IMAGE OF THE ROMA PEOPLE ONLINE: CRIME AND NON-INTEGRABILITY AS DOMINANT OPINIONS

Summary/Abstract: The social integration of the Roma people is a permanent theme in the public debate. One of the barriers of the integration of Roma people is their reputation as criminal and aggressive, inside and outside of the country. Paper explores the image of the Roma people online, on three categories of sources: online media (large audience online press), blogs, and free forums. The method applied is the content analysis with its particular formula, the image analysis. Findings show that crime is the main characteristic displayed in online media, while bloggers are rather skeptical about the possibility to integrate the minority, and racism and nationalism are very frequent attitudes in free anonymous discussion on forums.

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