Germany - 2012
Media: Is there a visible presence (or absence) of members of target groups as media professionals?
- Code:
- RED120
- Key Area:
- Public Life, Culture, Sport & Media
- Strand(s):
- Racism, Equality
| Short Answer |
Media professionals with a migration background are highly underrepresented. |
| Qualitative Info |
Journalists with a migration background are highly underrepresented in Germany. According to a nation-wide study in 2009, 84 per cent of all daily newspapers have no journalists with a migration background employed. Furthermore, only 1 per cent of all newspaper journalists have a migration background. The largest migrant groups are from Turkey (20 per cent), Poland (11 per cent) and Spain (9 per cent). It can be assumed that the public service broadcasters have a higher percentage of journalists with a migration background than the newspapers [1,2,3]. A report on the media usage of migrants in Germany (2010), shows very low numbers of people with migration background working in the media industry (as editors, journalist ect.). Depending on the single migrant groups their share in the media business varies between 0.3 per cent and 3.0 per cent [4]. Estimates suggest that only 2 to 3 per cent of journalists have a migration background [5, p.45]. Source:
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| Data | |
| Groups affected/interested | Migrants |
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| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Media |
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