NEGOTIATING GROUP IDENTITIES IN MULTICULTURAL GERMANY

This book scrutinizes the media portrayals of ethnicreligious minorities in Germany encompassing the fields of public affairs media effects political communication multiculturalism populism in the media and politicized uses of collective identities It compares the political discourse Bundestag plenary protocols with the mainstream discourse mainstream press in Germany over the sample period of 20092015 and explores a multilayered debate from different perspectives by combining quantitative and qualitative methodologies Moreover this research intends to detect analyze and connect the dots between recurrent themes news stories actors events and ideologies within the delicate debate on minorities in Germany39s multicultural society The mixedmethods approach includes content analysis template analysis relational discourse analysis latent class cluster analysis and multinomial logistic regression The interdisciplinary approach of this research presents various aspects of social sciences such as media and communication studies agendasetting theory social psychology socialidentity theory media sociology discursive power political science rightwing populism and anthropology race and ethnicity This extensive research is meant to contribute to existing political efforts and academic studies in order to fully grasp the dynamics of German immigration and integration policies