Changing Images of Refugees: A Comparative Analysis of Australian and New Zealand Print Media 1998-2008

Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 345-366

  Sulaiman Hill, Cheryl M R ^a   Thompson, Sandra C ^a,b   Afsar, Rita ^a   Hodliffe, Toshi L ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

asylum seekers; Australia; media; Muslims; New Zealand; Newspaper coverage; refugees

Indexed keywords

ASYLUM SEEKER; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; ISLAMISM; MASS MEDIA; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; REFUGEE; TERRORISM;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84859349618     PISSN: 15562948     EISSN: 15562956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15562948.2011.616794     Document Type: Article

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