The Enemy Within: Media Discourses and Moroccans in Spain

This case study of media coverage of a police raid, a public apology and a protest demonstration in Southern Spain, examines the relationship between: anti-Moroccan discourse, the consolidation of national identity and journalism. The primary objective of this study is to provide evidence of how media representations, through the use of diverse representational strategies, are engaged in legitimizing the social exclusion of a Moroccan minority in Spain.