Rise of racist and populist discourse towards the Roma during Brexit in The Sun and The Daily Mail

The study “Romaphobia in the UK Right-Wing Press: racist and populist discourse during the Brexit referendum” by Petre Breazu and Aidan McGarry from Loughborough University used multimodal critical discourse analysis to investigate racist tropes about the Roma during Brexit in two British newspapers: The Sun and The Daily Mail. Racism towards the Roma is also … Continued


Does the notion of objectivity perpetuate racism in journalism?

The study “The dangers of returning to the ‘safe-space’ of objectivity” by John Budarick from University of Adelaide was prompted by the “crisis of journalism” to critique the traditional journalistic norm of objectivity on the grounds that it allows racism to persist liberal democratic journalism. The explosion of online journalism in the 21st century through … Continued