Translated knowledge
The production of marginalization of the Roma during the Covid-19 pandemic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22693370 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adina Schneeweis (0000-0003-0969-4785, Oakland University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 137-147 |
| Publication date | 2025-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9916 • E-ISSN: 1460-2466 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/joc/jqae041 |
| OpenAlex | W4403971474 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 41 |
This research evaluates news during the first year of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in order to examine how European publics made sense of the Roma, the largest and most marginalized ethnic community on the continent. Based on the analysis of news in English, French, Italian, and Romanian, the study finds that much of the coverage across national and cultural boundaries translated marginalization, already exacerbated by the health crisis, through familiar lenses of blame and backwardness. Whereas anti-ethnic discrimination was primarily recognized in news reliant on official, governmental sources, news in French and Italian chiefly circulated representations of otherness. Romanian news revealed both systemic racism and community solutions, also filtered through a discriminatory lens. Translating justice- or equity-oriented content—directly or ideologically—appeared incomplete, infrequent, and often filtered through bias. The tool of local and regional translation emerged as central to the circulation of ideas across the continent.
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Betacoronavirus · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Economics · Infectious disease (medical specialty) · Knowledge management · Knowledge production · Outbreak · Pandemic · Political science · Production (economics) · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) · Computer Science · Government, Law, and Information Management · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare · Medicine · Romani and Gypsy Studies · Virology
Sensemaking in Organizations
Discourse and social change
Doing Research in Cultural Studies
Distant Suffering
Local Histories/Global Designs
Access of Roma to sexual and reproductive health services
The double extension of translation in the journalistic field
The Idea of the Hybrid Text in Translation
The Representation of Third-Country Nationals in European News Discourse
Solutions Journalism
If they really wanted to, they would
Covid-19 in Romania
The Roma of Bulgaria
Media Representation of the Discrimination against the Roma in Eastern Europe
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Social Linguistics and Literacies
Muslim Roma in the Balkans
"Gadžology" as Activism
What is new and what is nationalist about Europe's new nationalism? Explaining the rise of the far right in Europe
Cultural Translation, Long-form Journalism, and Readers’ Responses to the Muslim Veil
Construction of Roma identity in Eastern and Central Europe
Media-driven Humanitarianism? News Media Coverage of Human Rights Abuses and the Use of Economic Sanctions
Lost in Translation
Localising News
Health needs of the Roma population in the Czech and Slovak Republics
A Critique of Postcolonial Reason
Welfare Commonsense, Poverty Porn and Doxosophy
Politics of Translation
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |