Essays about: "news media and multiculturalism."

Found 2 essays containing the words news media and multiculturalism..

1. 1. Melbourne’s ‘African gang crisis’: A content analysis comparing two Melbourne media outlets

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Smyth Lisa; [2019]
   Keywords : African gang crisis; Sudanese-Australians; Sudanese refugees; media content analysis; media framing theory; multiculturalism;

   Abstract : In this paper I argue that in a mediatized Australia, where media are increasingly constructing society and culture as a whole, racializing frames used by Melbourne newspapers The Age and Herald Sun during a two-month period in 2018 contribute to the continued ‘othering’ of the ‘highly visible’ Sudanese-Australian and Sudanese refugee communities, and the erosion of the policy, and lived reality, of multiculturalism in Australia. Building upon the existing extensive body of research about the representation of refugee groups in Australian media, I use media framing theory to inform my analysis. READ MORE

3. 2. Constructions of Multiculturalism, Voice and Identity in News Media Representations during Australia Day 2016

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

   Author : Lauren Mcintosh; [2016]
   Keywords : Australia Day; representation; media ownership; voice; identity; media power; news media and multiculturalism.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The national day of Australia is Australia Day; a contentious public holiday that sparks a national debate on identity and multiculturalism every year. There are many different narratives that make up the Australian story, which encapsulates Australia’s diverse and multicultural history. READ MORE