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'Demonising discourse' : the Traveller Community's struggle against the elite voice of RTE

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Date
01/11/2014
Author
Leahy, Sharon
Keywords
Irish Traveller
Raidio Teilifis Eireann
Media power
Discourse
Framing
Irish travellers
Eastern-Europe
Racism
Media
Politics
Construction
Place
Roma
Television
Newspapers
GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography
HM Sociology
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Abstract
As the Irish Government introduces a selection of changes to home defence law, through the Criminal Law (Defence and Dwelling) Act 2011, the Traveller Community, and the Ward-Nally case in particular, are regrettable reference points propelling public support for the use of force in home protection. The national broadcaster, Raidio Teilifis Eireann (RTE), has proved to be a central player in the constitution of difference; however, it is often an overlooked and under-researched arena. This article focuses on the use of the elite televisual forum of current affairs programming on RTE television to unveil the complex and multiple ways in which discourses of belonging are mobilised with respect to the Irish Traveller Community. It draws on one emotive event involving the Traveller and settled communities, the Ward-Nally case, and looks at the ways in which this forum interpellates the viewer, solidifying rituals of representation that remain within the viewers' consciousness long after a programme has been broadcast.
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Leahy , S 2014 , ' 'Demonising discourse' : the Traveller Community's struggle against the elite voice of RTE ' , Romani Studies , vol. 24 , no. 2 , pp. 165-202 . https://doi.org/10.3828/rs.2014.8
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Romani Studies
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3828/rs.2014.8
ISSN
1528-0748
Type
Journal article
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© Liverpool University Press 2015. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies and with permission. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/rs.2014.8
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URL
http://liverpool.metapress.com/content/j1l86388v65032g5/
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/9728

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