A1 Journal article (refereed)
Puhummeko nyt rasismista? (2020)
Should we call this racism?
Ryynänen, S. (2020). Puhummeko nyt rasismista?. Media ja viestintä, 43(4), 326-344. https://doi.org/10.23983/mv.100619
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Publication details
All authors or editors: Ryynänen, Sanna
Journal or series: Media ja viestintä
ISSN: 1798-3827
eISSN: 2342-477X
Publication year: 2020
Volume: 43
Issue number: 4
Pages range: 326-344
Publisher: Media- ja viestintätieteellinen seura MEVI ry
Publication country: Finland
Publication language: Finnish
DOI: https://doi.org/10.23983/mv.100619
Publication open access: Openly available
Publication channel open access: Open Access channel
Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/73369
Abstract
Public discussion on ethnic minorities, immigration, and racism has increased drastically in Finland in the last decade. At the same time, racism is a topic which many people find hard to address since it easily leads to controversies and ill feeling – yet, the importance of discussion is evident. One reason for the apprehension is the term itself: Racism is a word most people rather leave unsaid. Even some researchers prefer substituting it with other terms in order to avoid the strong reactions caused by the r-word. As a consequence, terms like discrimination, othering, xenophobia, racialization, and racism have been used in research literature interchangeably and often without proper definition or clarification on how they differ from or relate to one other. Gradually their meanings have become blurred, and both scientific and wider public discussions take place without clear conception on how racism-related terms should be understood or used. In this article, I will look at these five central terms of racism research. First, I will examine how they have been used and understood in Finnish media studies. After that, I will go through notions from international and Finnish racism research on the meanings and differences of the terms. The goal of this article is to diminish the vagueness of racism-related words and facilitate their use in media and research.
Keywords: racism; racialisation; xenophobia; definitions; concepts (notions); terminology; concept analysis
Free keywords: racism; racialization; xenofobia; othering; discrimination
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Ministry reporting: Yes
Reporting Year: 2020
JUFO rating: 2