ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the media coverage and political discussions related to rape by perpetrators with a presumed migrant or foreign background. It also analyses the interplay of the categories when the gang rape case' in Oulu was portrayed in the media and politics. The gang rape case' in Oulu shows how a local incident can feed into national debates on immigration and multiculturalism. The growing effect of the media on politics through its capacity to create and frame societal issues, as well as provide much-needed publicity for politicians has led many researchers to speak about the mediatization' of politics. In the Internet discussions on the national web pages, the rapists were soon labelled as Muslims and refugees. Especially in the national arenas of the new media, the focus was on who presented a threat to the nation, who were the defenders and who the obstacles to the saviour of the nation.
