Asylum Seekers in Australian News Media: Mediated (In)Humanity

by Ashleigh Haw

Book Overview

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 framework to examine the perspectives of 24 Western Australians who took part in semi-structured interviews. During their interviews, participants were...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031185676
• ISBN13: 9783031185670
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"