Media and Diversity: A Century-Long Perspective on an Enlarged and Internationalized Field of Research

Christine Larrazet (1) , Isabelle Rigoni (1)

1 CED - Centre Émile Durkheim

What is the influence of the mass media on the social cohesion of diverse societies? Do the mass media contribute to hindering or damaging relationships between the social groups composing diversified societies – be it in terms of “race”, ethnicity, culture or gender? Or, on the contrary, can they improve it? For nearly a century these questions have penetrated the academic and political spheres of numerous countries at various times and in various social and political situations but with a constant resurgence up to the point of delineating a large internationalized area of research.

Mots clés: Media; Research; Mass media; Diversity

Domaines: Sociologie; Sciences de l'information et de la communication

Christine Larrazet, Isabelle Rigoni. Media and Diversity: A Century-Long Perspective on an Enlarged and Internationalized Field of Research. InMedia : the French Journal of Media and Media Representations in the English-Speaking World, 2014, 5, pp.[en ligne]. ⟨10.4000/inmedia.747⟩. ⟨halshs-01116198⟩