Debating Credibility: Refugees and Rape in the Media

Autor/in	Smith-Khan, Laura
Titel	Debating Credibility: Refugees and Rape in the Media
Quelle	In: Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 42 (2019) 1, S.4-36 (33 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0155-0640
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Credibility; News Media; News Reporting; Refugees; Rape; Discourse Analysis; Public Policy; Opinions; Advocacy; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Glaubwürdigkeit; Nachrichtenwesen; News report; Reportage; Flüchtling; Sexueller Missbrauch; Sexuelle Gewalt; Vergewaltigung; Diskursanalyse; Öffentliche Ordnung; Lehrmeinung; Sozialanwaltschaft; Australien
Abstract	This article explores public debates about credibility in media discourse regarding a Somali refugee who was raped on Nauru. Given the pseudonym "Abyan", she was living on Nauru as a result of Australian refugee policy and was brought to Australia for medical assistance. Her treatment by the Australian authorities became the subject of debate and was widely discussed in the Australian media. Analyzing a corpus of media articles reporting and commenting on this debate, this article explores how the media's representations of the key actors shape their credibility. Reflecting existing research, this article finds that Abyan's experience is used to support broader policy arguments. Further, the discourse presents Abyan as a key speaker, despite her limited ability to defend her credibility. The article concludes that credibility remains an important theme in discourse on refugees and that power asymmetries hidden within this discourse create obstacles for those wishing to challenge it. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01