%0 Journal Article %A E. Di Giovanni %D 2014 %J International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 96, 2014 %T Contemporary Anti-Gypsyism in European Mass Media %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9999961 %V 96 %X This paper focuses on the contemporary phenomenon of Anti-Gypsyism which diffused widely throughout social representations of the so called “Gypsies”. In Europe and especially in Italy, the media tends to reproduce racist stereotypes and prejudices through a xenophobic depiction of this ethnic group, often offering an ethnocentric point of view. From an anthropological perspective, Roma people are a minority group facing diasporic phenomena across Europe, produced by the host societies. %P 3859 - 3862