Marginalizacija intersekcijske perspektive : istospolna partnerstva in tujci na slovenskih novičarskih spletnih portalih

slovenian

2021

volume 28, supl.

discrimination   foreigners   gays   intersectional discrimination   lesbians   social minorities

Evropski inštitut za komuniciranje in kulturo - EURICOM
(Obvezni izvod spletne publikacije)

The fi eld of intersectional discrimination in Slovenia is not an unexplored topic, but none of the analyses so far has foregrounded the issue of the intersection of (media) representations. This article explores the research question of how the discourse of media texts on online news portals in Slovenia addresses the issues of discrimination and social exclusion in light of the intersectional approach. In the research, we addressed the intersection of the representations of gays and lesbians and foreigners on four Slovenian online news portals (RTVSLO.si, 24ur.com, SiOL.net and Nova24TV.si) during the adoption of laws aff ecting both social groups. Through the principle of “mirroring” reality, which is based on the assumption of journalistic objectivity, we note that in the case of gays and lesbians, the selected portals uncritically reproduced the confl ict between opposing positions pro et contra, which marginalised all views outside of it; in the case of foreigners, there was a normalisation and reproduction of the discourse of the representatives of parliamentary politics. The intersectional perspective was almost completely absent from the discourse of the media texts analysed, which contributed to the weakening of the anti-discrimination position and the strengthening of diff erent articulations of social exclusion.

06.10.2022