Detention attention: Framing a Manus Island riot

This article reports on a research project that investigated the framing of asylum seekers in the Australian news publicationsThe Australian and The Guardian Australia Edition, during their coverage of a riot that occurred in an asylum seeker processing centre on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, in F...

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Autores principales: Katherine Ellis, Janet Fulton, Paul Scott
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:53fb5f2cfd89456693d38a6dbe1590f82021-12-02T13:14:40ZDetention attention: Framing a Manus Island riot10.24135/pjr.v22i1.131023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/53fb5f2cfd89456693d38a6dbe1590f82016-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/13https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035This article reports on a research project that investigated the framing of asylum seekers in the Australian news publicationsThe Australian and The Guardian Australia Edition, during their coverage of a riot that occurred in an asylum seeker processing centre on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, in February 2014. Analysis found themes of asylum seekers represented as threats to national identity, State sovereignty, and as victims. The research discusses the potential impacts framing may have on the way asylum seekers are perceived by readers of these publications. Its findings showed that the process of framing in news reports can both privilege and exclude aspects of an event being reported.Katherine EllisJanet FultonPaul ScottAsia Pacific Networkarticleasylum seekerscritical discourse analysisframingnational identityPapua New GuineaprotestCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 22, Iss 1 (2016)
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topic asylum seekers
critical discourse analysis
framing
national identity
Papua New Guinea
protest
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
spellingShingle asylum seekers
critical discourse analysis
framing
national identity
Papua New Guinea
protest
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
Katherine Ellis
Janet Fulton
Paul Scott
Detention attention: Framing a Manus Island riot
description This article reports on a research project that investigated the framing of asylum seekers in the Australian news publicationsThe Australian and The Guardian Australia Edition, during their coverage of a riot that occurred in an asylum seeker processing centre on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, in February 2014. Analysis found themes of asylum seekers represented as threats to national identity, State sovereignty, and as victims. The research discusses the potential impacts framing may have on the way asylum seekers are perceived by readers of these publications. Its findings showed that the process of framing in news reports can both privilege and exclude aspects of an event being reported.
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