This book examines how the media construct and develop the image of the ethnic Other, considering the Roma in Bulgaria, and the Gypsies, Roma and Travellers (GRT) in the UK. In comparing the discourses of the national media in these two different countries, it focuses on concepts such as ethnic identity, othering, and anti-Gypsyism, which are used as the basis for all the devices used in the media discourses of Bulgaria and the UK.

 The book draws from analysis done on a comparative basis, outlining the similarities as well as the differences in the perceptions of the two media discourses on these communities. Furthermore, the book provides a diachronic perspective in comparing the media presentations on RGT communities from during the Covid-19 period to those featured at the beginning of the century (2001-2005). It is relevant to scholars and students in media and discourse studies, ethnic studies, sociology, and European cultural studies.

Desislava Cheshmedzhieva-Stoycheva is an Associate Professor and Vice-Dean for Research and International Cooperation in the Faculty of Humanities of Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen, Bulgaria. She is a member of the Bulgarian Society for the Study of English (BSSE, a member of ESSE), a member of the Union of Bulgarian Translators and in the Editorial Board of several journals.