Indicator in all countries

Media: Is there a visible presence (or absence) of members of target groups as media professionals?

• Austria

  Representation of persons of immigrant background in the media is poor.

• Bulgaria

  Representatives of the two largest minority groups can be found in TV programmes.

• Cyprus

  No

• Denmark

  n/a

• Finland

  There is an absence of members of target groups as media professionals.

• France

  Measures promoting diversity in the media varies from one media to another but they can generally be termed as insufficient.

• Germany

  Media professionals with a migration background are highly underrepresented.

• Greece

  Media professionals from migrant or minority groups in mainstream media are almost nonexistent.

• Hungary

  The absence of the representatives of the Roma minority is visible.

• Ireland

  There is a visible presence of Irish Language programming and presenters in the Irish Media. There are a number dedicated television and radio stations, a good example of this being TG4, a dedicated free-to-air Irish Language television channel. The national broadcaster is also obliged to ‘relflect the cultural diversity of Ireland’ by the Broadcasting Act 2001.

• Italy

  No

• Poland

  It is not possible to assess the visible presence of the representatives of the ethnic and national minorities and migrants as media professionals.

• Portugal

  There is a scarce visibility of media professionals belonging to migrant and ethnic minority groups in the mainstream media.

• Romania

  Yes.

• Slovenia

  There is visible presence of media professionals with minority background, but in many cases they are engaged in the media production targeting minority audiences.

• Spain

  Yes.

• Sweden

  Yes.