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The representation of refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants in British newspapers: a critical discourse analysis

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Majid KhosravinikORCiD

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Abstract

The paper is a CDA investigation on discursive strategies employed by various British newspapers between 1996–2006 in the ways they represent refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants. The period covers several world events which have impacted such representation, creating a large number of articles on and/or about these groups. A combination of quantitative and qualitative down-sampling technique is then devised to restrict the number of articles to a sensitive sample which takes into account the newspapers’ ideological stands; conservative/liberal, their types; quality/tabloid and the relevant world events. The paper discusses some of the salient issues in the ways these groups of people are represented in British newspapers during these 10 years and shows that despite differences — arising from differences in ideological viewpoints and their types — in some important ways all the newspapers contribute to construct refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants in similar ways.

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Author(s): KhosraviNik M

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Journal of Language and Politics

Year: 2010

Volume: 9

Issue: 1

Pages: 1-28

ISSN (print): 1569-2159

ISSN (electronic): 1569-9862

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co.

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/jlp.9.1.01kho

DOI: 10.1075/jlp.9.1.01kho

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