Representation of Islam and Muslims in the Australian Newspapers: Exploring the Predominant Discourses
This paper is an endeavor to explore the predominant discourses in the editorial representation of Islam and Muslims by selected Australian newspapers from November 01, 2016 to March 31, 2017. Making use of the lexicalization and ideological square strategies proposed by Teun A. van Dijk, the resea...
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This paper is an endeavor to explore the predominant discourses in the editorial representation of Islam and Muslims by selected Australian newspapers from November 01, 2016 to March 31, 2017. Making use of the lexicalization and ideological square strategies proposed by Teun A. van Dijk, the researcher examined the editorial coverage of two Australian newspapers namely The Age and The Australian. According to the results, the editorial discourse regarding Islam and Muslims in both dailies was entirely opposite to each other. The Australian portrayed Islam and Muslims negatively by producing a ‘securitized’ and ‘Othered’ image of ‘Them’, within and outside Australia’s boundaries. On the contrary, The Age created a significant ‘counter discourse’ on Islam and Muslims by portraying them positively and as victims. The explicit impact of right-left ideological lines of the selected newspapers was found evident in their editorial discourses regarding Islam and Muslims.
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| spelling | doaj.art-455bf991dd0948c9a3d246b71d68b6012022-12-22T03:11:14ZengUniversity of Management and TechnologyJournal of Islamic Thought and Civilization2075-09432520-03132020-11-0110210.32350/jitc.102.08Representation of Islam and Muslims in the Australian Newspapers: Exploring the Predominant Discourses Dr. Salma Umber0Dr. Muhammad Junaid Ghauri1Assistant Professor Department of Mass Communication, Government College University FaisalabadLecturer Department of Media and Communication Studies, International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan This paper is an endeavor to explore the predominant discourses in the editorial representation of Islam and Muslims by selected Australian newspapers from November 01, 2016 to March 31, 2017. Making use of the lexicalization and ideological square strategies proposed by Teun A. van Dijk, the researcher examined the editorial coverage of two Australian newspapers namely The Age and The Australian. According to the results, the editorial discourse regarding Islam and Muslims in both dailies was entirely opposite to each other. The Australian portrayed Islam and Muslims negatively by producing a ‘securitized’ and ‘Othered’ image of ‘Them’, within and outside Australia’s boundaries. On the contrary, The Age created a significant ‘counter discourse’ on Islam and Muslims by portraying them positively and as victims. The explicit impact of right-left ideological lines of the selected newspapers was found evident in their editorial discourses regarding Islam and Muslims. https://journals.umt.edu.pk/index.php/JITC/article/view/727Critical Discourse Analysis, Foreign Islam, national Islam, Othering, political parallelism, representation, securitization |
| spellingShingle | Dr. Salma Umber Dr. Muhammad Junaid Ghauri Representation of Islam and Muslims in the Australian Newspapers: Exploring the Predominant Discourses Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilization Critical Discourse Analysis, Foreign Islam, national Islam, Othering, political parallelism, representation, securitization |
| title | Representation of Islam and Muslims in the Australian Newspapers: Exploring the Predominant Discourses |
| title_full | Representation of Islam and Muslims in the Australian Newspapers: Exploring the Predominant Discourses |
| title_fullStr | Representation of Islam and Muslims in the Australian Newspapers: Exploring the Predominant Discourses |
| title_full_unstemmed | Representation of Islam and Muslims in the Australian Newspapers: Exploring the Predominant Discourses |
| title_short | Representation of Islam and Muslims in the Australian Newspapers: Exploring the Predominant Discourses |
| title_sort | representation of islam and muslims in the australian newspapers exploring the predominant discourses |
| topic | Critical Discourse Analysis, Foreign Islam, national Islam, Othering, political parallelism, representation, securitization |
| url | https://journals.umt.edu.pk/index.php/JITC/article/view/727 |
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