Sovereign Borders: The Militarisation of Asylum Seeker Discourses in Australian Television News Media

While the democratic paradigm of governance and its constituent political processes are well established in Australia, consistently negative media representations of people seeking asylum may be viewed as justification for institutional decisions allowing continued punitive treatment of people seeki...

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Main Author: Leicha Stewart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2016-07-01
Series:Glocalism: Journal of Culture, Politics and Innovation
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Online Access:http://www.glocalismjournal.net/Issues/LOCAL-AND-GLOBAL-DEMOCRACY/Articles/Sovereign-Borders-The-Militarisation-Of-Asylum-Seeker-Discourses-In-Australian-Television-News-Media.kl