Media and the Ethnic/Religious Minorities

Abstract

Dealing with media forms a large part of ethnic/religious minority NGOs work in Europe. They use it to receive information, as well as to distribute their own information. But their relationship with the media is often ambivalent. Many minority NGOs complain that their campaigns and issues are underrepresented, and their views misinterpreted, by the media. But the media also often complain that NGOs are unprofessional, or even that they are manipulated by activists.