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Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Tables -- 1: Introduction -- References -- 2: Asylum Seekers in the Australian News Media: What Do We Know So Far? -- Introduction -- Seeking Asylum in Australia: The Political Landscape -- News Media and Societal Discourses -- Audience Perspectives and the Questions that Remain -- References -- 3: Concepts, Methods, and Ethical Considerations -- Introduction -- Approach, Aims, and Research Questions -- Data Collection -- Sampling and Participants -- Interviews -- Theoretical Framework and Analytical Lens -- Settler Colonialism, Social Exclusivism, and Cosmopolitan Acceptance -- Understanding Discourse -- Discursive Approaches to News Values -- Researching News Audiences -- Analysis -- Ethical Considerations -- References -- 4: 'Open the Floodgates': Metaphor as a Tool for Legitimising Australia's 'Invasion' Panic -- Introduction -- Australia's Collective Fear of the Asylum Seeker 'Other' -- Mediated Sensationalism and Moral Panics -- Water and Containment Metaphors -- Australian News Audience Perspectives -- 'Hordes of People Showing Up': Audience Perspectives that Reflect Moral Panic Discourses -- 'I Can't Blame People for Being Confused': Resistance to Moral Panic Discourses -- Some 'Flood' for Thought? -- References -- 5: 'Nation Prepares for War': The Discursive Securitisation of Asylum Seekers -- Introduction -- The Discursive Securitisation of People Seeking Asylum in Australia -- Discourses of 'Border Control' and the Language of War -- State Sovereignty and the Exclusionary Rhetoric of Ethnonationalism -- Asylum Seekers as 'Non-Human' -- Australian News Audience Perspectives -- 'Protect Your Own First': Reproducing Securitisation Themes -- 'Just a Sales Pitch': Responses to Securitisation Discourses in the Australian Media -- What Do Securitisation Discourses Achieve? -- References.

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Asylum seekers in the Australian news media: What do we know so far? -- Chapter 3: Concepts, methods, and ethical considerations -- Chapter 4: 'Open the floodgates': Metaphor as a tool for legitimising Australia's 'invasion' panic -- Chapter 5: 'Nation prepares for war': The discursive securitisation of asylum seekers -- Chapter 6: 'Fight against illegals': Constructing asylum seekers through frames of criminality and illegitimacy -- Chapter 7: 'Taxpayers foot the bill': Scapegoating asylum seekers through 'economic migrants' and 'burden' narratives -- Chapter 8: Conclusion.

This book sheds light on how the public engage with, make sense of, and discursively evaluate news media constructions of people from asylum seeking backgrounds. As a case study, the author discusses her recent research combining Critical Discourse Analysis with a cultural studies Audience Reception framework to examine the perspectives of 24 Western Australians who took part in semi-structured interviews. During their interviews, participants were asked open-ended questions about: their general views on people seeking asylum, including Australias policy responses, their media engagement habits and preferences, and their views concerning how the Australian media represents people seeking asylum. The author compares and contrasts this research with broader interdisciplinary discussion, and the book will therefore appeal to students and scholars of migration, political communication, sociology, audience reception, critical media studies and sociolinguistics.

Abstract
In recent years, the term 'fake news' has gained considerable traction in scholarly and public discourse. While fake news
is increasingly attributed to declining audience trust, we know little about how publics are making sense of the concept. To address this, I
discuss findings arising from interviews with 24 Western Australian media consumers who offered their perspectives on Australian news
coverage of asylum seekers. Combining Critical Discourse methods with Rhetorical Analysis, findings highlight how participants evaluated
misinformation and disinformation about asylum seekers and in particular, how some adopted a discourse of 'fake news' to delegitimise
perspectives that oppose their own stance. Discussed alongside Egelhofer and Lecheler's (2019)
theoretical framework of the fake news 'label', I argue that by understanding how audiences discussed fake news before the concept rose to
prominence in 2016, scholars can meaningfully examine discursive patterns within social constructions of fake news across numerous
contemporary and historical contexts.

AbstractThis paper examines how the 'ideal' refugee is conceptualized in discussions about Australia's humanitarian policies. Critical Discourse Analysis of semi-structured interviews with 24 Western Australians revealed strong themes of assimilation alongside the neoliberal concept of 'market citizenship', where the 'ideal' refugee is positioned as achieving economic success through contributions to Australia's labour market. These discourses served competing ends—they were voiced both in support of, and opposition to, Australia's acceptance of refugees. I argue that by constructing refugees' deservingness of protection along market citizenship lines, their belonging becomes contingent upon their adherence to a narrowly defined ideal. Consequently, refugees who do not fit within this ideal face continued exclusion, with their 'human capital' prioritized over their safety and human rights. This article calls for a reconsideration of arguments that focus on refugees' capacity to 'fit in' and 'give back' as these narratives may exacerbate their experiences of exclusion and stigmatization.

AbstractThis article explores the concept of conviviality: the practice and negotiation of sharing space in suburbs with diverse populations (Journal of Intercultural Studies, 2016, 37, 423). Australia has a growing Muslim population and reports of Islamophobia remain widespread. While there is some evidence, however, that forming intercultural connections can foster more positive attitudes toward religious minority groups, we know little about how Muslim and non‐Muslim communities share space in Australia. This paper presents the findings of a qualitative investigation into how conviviality is perceived in Australian suburbs with high concentrations of Muslim residents. Following qualitative, thematic analysis of 15 interviews with multicultural service providers who work with Muslims in Melbourne, Victoria, we conclude that conviviality is fostered by a sense of community between people who share similar backgrounds as well as increased opportunities to form intercultural social connections. We discuss the scholarly and policy implications of these findings, with consideration of existing arguments about the practices of sharing space in Australian cities.

AbstractWhile "good refugee" stories have the potential to soften attitudes toward forcibly displaced people, there are hidden implications associated with this construct that must be considered. Based on 60 qualitative interviews with asylum seekers and refugees, this paper examines the ways forced migrants adopt and reproduce "good refugee" discourses that unintentionally position their belonging as contingent upon upholding narrowly defined, and arbitrary, ideals about deservingness. By critically analysing this discourse, we highlight the importance of reconsidering the construction of refugees' deservingness along moral and neoliberal lines and instead present a case for approaches that focus on rights‐based, humanitarian grounds for refugee resettlement.

Fake News in Digital Cultures presents a new approach to understanding disinformation and misinformation in contemporary digital communication, arguing that fake news is not an alien phenomenon undertaken by bad actors, but a logical outcome of contemporary digital and popular culture.

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