The social construction of rurality remains a collective fantasy of a safe, green, ethnically homogeneous environment. This fantasy, called “the rural idyll,” still dominates the way in which people give meaning to their lives, the lives of others, and the places where they live. This idyll is based on an interrelated urban/ethnic diverse versus rural/white dichotomy, even as rural areas are in fact becoming more ethnically diverse. The question of how ethnic diversity is understood, in traditional media, through the fantasy of the rural idyll is central to this paper. Drawing on recurring stories in 450 newspaper articles in the Flemish written press covering rural ethnic diversity, we identify four different ideal‐type frames: growing ethnic diversity as a (1) threat to the rural idyll, (2) confirmation of the rural idyll, (3) the consequence of rural deprivation, and (4) the solution to rural deprivation. Our analysis shows that a large proportion of the newspaper articles use “ethnic diversity as a threat to the rural idyll.” This connects with the long‐standing anti‐urban discourse in Flanders (Belgium). Nevertheless, the presence and emergence of other frames indicate that this discourse does not remain not unchallenged.

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日益增长的种族多样性是否对乡村田园诗构成挑战？佛兰德书面报刊中种族多样性与农村性关系框架的分析（比利时）*


农村的社会建构仍然是对安全、绿色、种族同质环境的集体幻想。这种被称为“乡村田园诗”的幻想仍然主导着人们赋予生活、他人生活和他们生活的地方以意义的方式。这种田园诗是基于相互关联的城市/种族多样性与农村/白人二分法，尽管农村地区实际上正变得越来越种族多样化。传统媒体如何通过对乡村田园诗的幻想来理解种族多样性的问题是本文的核心。借鉴佛兰德书面媒体中涉及农村种族多样性的 450 篇报纸文章中反复出现的故事，我们确定了四种不同的理想类型框架：日益增长的种族多样性作为 （1） 对乡村田园诗的威胁，（2） 对乡村田园诗的确认，（3） 农村贫困的后果，以及 （4） 农村贫困的解决方案。我们的分析表明，很大一部分报纸文章使用“种族多样性作为对乡村田园诗的威胁”。这与佛兰德斯（比利时）长期存在的反城市话语有关。然而，其他框架的存在和出现表明，这种话语并非没有受到挑战。