THE FEAR OF THE ‘OTHER’ IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION. THE IMAGE OF ROMANIAN MIGRATION IN THE BRITISH PRESS

The present study attempts to show that, in the age of declarative cosmopolitanism and globalization, the ancestral fear of ‘the Other’ keeps resurfacing under the form of nationalism and xenophobia, very often generated and fueled by the media themselves. In this sense, the paper presents a select...

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Main Author:	GABRIELA DUMBRAVĂ
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of Petrosani 2015-10-01
Series:	Annals of the University of Petrosani: Economics
Subjects:	globalization cosmopolitanism multiculturalism national identity the European Union the other migration xenophobia.
Online Access:	http://www.upet.ro/annals/economics/pdf/2015/part1/Dumbrava_1.pdf

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spelling	doaj-73d0974d24c548c8bae4588e331d43662020-11-25T01:08:49ZengUniversity of PetrosaniAnnals of the University of Petrosani: Economics1582-59492247-86202015-10-01XV1121128THE FEAR OF THE ‘OTHER’ IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION. THE IMAGE OF ROMANIAN MIGRATION IN THE BRITISH PRESSGABRIELA DUMBRAVĂ0 University of Petroșani, RomaniaThe present study attempts to show that, in the age of declarative cosmopolitanism and globalization, the ancestral fear of ‘the Other’ keeps resurfacing under the form of nationalism and xenophobia, very often generated and fueled by the media themselves. In this sense, the paper presents a selection of news from major British printed media covering the event of the so-called ‘opening of the British borders’ for Bulgarian and Romanian workers in January 1, 2014, showing how they build into an aggressive antiforeigner discourse that proves beyond doubt that the ‘European ideal’ still remains pure theory. http://www.upet.ro/annals/economics/pdf/2015/part1/Dumbrava_1.pdfglobalizationcosmopolitanismmulticulturalismnational identitythe European Unionthe othermigrationxenophobia.
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author_facet	GABRIELA DUMBRAVĂ
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title	THE FEAR OF THE ‘OTHER’ IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION. THE IMAGE OF ROMANIAN MIGRATION IN THE BRITISH PRESS
title_short	THE FEAR OF THE ‘OTHER’ IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION. THE IMAGE OF ROMANIAN MIGRATION IN THE BRITISH PRESS
title_full	THE FEAR OF THE ‘OTHER’ IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION. THE IMAGE OF ROMANIAN MIGRATION IN THE BRITISH PRESS
title_fullStr	THE FEAR OF THE ‘OTHER’ IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION. THE IMAGE OF ROMANIAN MIGRATION IN THE BRITISH PRESS
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title_sort	fear of the ‘other’ in the age of globalization. the image of romanian migration in the british press
publisher	University of Petrosani
series	Annals of the University of Petrosani: Economics
issn	1582-5949 2247-8620
publishDate	2015-10-01
description	The present study attempts to show that, in the age of declarative cosmopolitanism and globalization, the ancestral fear of ‘the Other’ keeps resurfacing under the form of nationalism and xenophobia, very often generated and fueled by the media themselves. In this sense, the paper presents a selection of news from major British printed media covering the event of the so-called ‘opening of the British borders’ for Bulgarian and Romanian workers in January 1, 2014, showing how they build into an aggressive antiforeigner discourse that proves beyond doubt that the ‘European ideal’ still remains pure theory.
topic	globalization cosmopolitanism multiculturalism national identity the European Union the other migration xenophobia.
url	http://www.upet.ro/annals/economics/pdf/2015/part1/Dumbrava_1.pdf
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