Open AccessREVIEW: Distortions of imperialism afflict media view of Islam
Author(s) -
David Robie
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
pacific journalism review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2324-2035
pISSN - 1023-9499
DOI - 10.24135/pjr.v10i1.797
Subject(s) - paranoia , project commissioning , islam , media studies , publishing , political science , norwegian , law , sociology , history , archaeology , psychology , linguistics , philosophy , psychotherapist
For journalists in New Zealand bemused by the apparent paranoia in Australia over the issue of 'boat people' in the wake of the international incident on the high seas off the northwestern coast involving the Norwegian freighter Tampa. Peter Manning's damning monograph clears much of the fog. Through two years of textual analysis, he has laid bare how Australia's discourse of fear came to be focused on some 4000 people on board leaky boats, seeking asylum without visas.