Asylum Seekers in Australian News Media Mediated (In)humanity

This book sheds light on how the public engage with, make sense of, and discursively evaluate news media constructions of people from asylum seeking backgrounds. As a case study, the author discusses her recent research combining Critical Discourse Analysis with a cultural studies Audience Reception...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Haw, Ashleigh (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing 2022.
Edición:1st ed. 2022.
Colección:Springer eBooks.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Asylum seekers in the Australian news media: What do we know so far?
  • Chapter 3: Concepts, methods, and ethical considerations
  • Chapter 4: 'Open the floodgates': Metaphor as a tool for legitimising Australia's 'invasion' panic
  • Chapter 5: 'Nation prepares for war': The discursive securitisation of asylum seekers
  • Chapter 6: 'Fight against illegals': Constructing asylum seekers through frames of criminality and illegitimacy
  • Chapter 7: 'Taxpayers foot the bill': Scapegoating asylum seekers through 'economic migrants' and 'burden' narratives
  • Chapter 8: Conclusion.