"Asylum seekers", "boat people" and "illegal immigrants": Social categorisation in the media

Australian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-12

  O'Doherty, Kieran ^a   Lecouteur, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asylum seekers; Australia; Discourse; Illegal immigrants; Mandatory detention; Media representations; Refugees; Social categorisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847769155     PISSN: 00049530     EISSN: 17429536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049530600941685     Document Type: Article

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