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Mapping minorities and their Media: The National Context – The UK Myria Georgiou London School of Economics Contents Mapping minorities and their Media: The National Context – The UK Report 1 Introduction 3 The UK 4 Migration, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism in the UK 5 I. The Context: A Brief Discussion about Multicultural Britain 5 II. British Immigration and Multicultural Policies 9 III. The Complexities of Ethnic Relations and Identity 11 Suggested Categories for Mapping 13 I. Temporal Mapping of Migration in Europe 13 II. Diasporic Mapping (based on Cohen’s suggested categories (1997)) 15 Diasporic Minority Media in Context 18 British Media Policy 20 Minority Media and their Political Economy 22 What’s in diasporic media for minorities? 24 Digitalisation 25 Minority Media in the UK – A Mapping 30 Mapping Diasporic Media – SUGGESTED CATEGORIES 32 (1) By Ethnic Group and/or Language and Kind of Medium 32 (2) By Technology, Language and Group 48 On-line 53 (3) In Relation to Space 53 Do minority media matter? 58 Conclusions – What’s to learn from the British experience? 59 Learning about Diasporas and the Media in the UK 60 Introduction The national remains a context of great importance. British history of migration and ethnicity, multiculturalism and media policies have commonalities and differences compared to other European countries. Considering what is unique in the case of the UK can help us understand why minority media cultures develop in this country the ways they do; it allows us to examine how important legislation, history and national particularity are; it assists us in drawing conclusion about processes of exclusion and inclusion and the significance of policies and politics of and for minorities and the media. Furthermore, in comparing the national reports across the EU we can see more clearly how settings, agendas and trends are shaped within and across Europe. Migration, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism in the UK Britain is cons