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Racializing the Audience: Immigrant Perceptions of Mainstream Canadian English Language TV News

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Mahtani, Minelle
Copyright Year	2008
Abstract	Abstract: This paper offers an analysis of a pilot project that examines the perceptions of English-language TV news among two racialized groups: self-identified Iranian-Canadians and Chinese-Canadians. This research indicates that, according to participants, mainstream Canadian English-language TV news does not necessarily offer racialized immigrant audiences a space through which to see themselves reflected accurately as part of Canada’s rich social life beyond the celebration of ethnic events and festivals. Participants explained that they appreciated Canadian English-language television news, with important caveats. They would like to see the Canadian English-language television news media create spaces in which they could see their own ethnic, racial, cultural, and immigrant identities reflected within the backdrop of the Canadian multicultural state. Resume : Cet article presente l’analyse d’un projet pilote qui examine comment deux groupes raciaux differents percoivent les actualites televisuelles en anglais : les Canadiens iraniens et les Canadiens chinois. Cet recherche indique que, d’apres les participants, les actualites televisees grand public en anglais n’offrent pas necessairement aux spectateurs provenant de minorites visibles immigrantes un espace ou ils peuvent se reconnaitre en tant que participants dans la riche vie sociale du Canada en dehors du cadre d’evenements et de festivals ethniques. Les participants ont explique que, bien qu’ils apprecient les nouvelles televisees canadiennes de langue anglaise, ils ont des reserves importantes a leur egard. En effet, ils aimeraient que ces medias creent plus d’espaces leur permettant de voir leurs propres identites ethniques, raciales, culturelles et immigrantes refletees dans le contexte du multiculturalisme canadien.
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
DOI	10.22230/cjc.2008v33n4a2030
Volume Number	33
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://www.cjc-online.ca/index.php/journal/article/download/2030/2044
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.22230/cjc.2008v33n4a2030
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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