Blackness as a Defining Identity Mediated Representations and the Li
This book explores the lived experiences of African immigrants in Australia, and the way they are represented in the media. By delving into the group’s everyday lives, the book exposes the roles that media and social perceptions play in the production and
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Blackness as a Defining Identity Mediated Representations and the Lived Experiences of African Immigrants in Australia
Blackness as a Defining Identity
Runyararo Sihle Chivaura
Blackness as a Defining Identity Mediated Representations and the Lived Experiences of African Immigrants in Australia
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Runyararo Sihle Chivaura Living Cultural Studies and Flinders University Adelaide, SA, Australia
ISBN 978-981-32-9542-1 ISBN 978-981-32-9543-8 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9543-8
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Preface
This book explores the gap between—how African immigrants living in Australia are represented in the media when contrasted to their lived experiences. African immigrants are currently considered by the Australian government to be a statistically significant population, yet very little research has been conducted into how they regard their social placing in Australian society. The challenge associated with academic research in Australia that has investigated African immigrants and the media is threefold. First, almost all research tends to be conducted through a content analysis of media sources. This presents numerous problems. Deploying content analysis does not provide the original data. Instead, it (re)organises texts crafted for a particular audience and for a specific purpose. Second, in conducting the content analysis, the main focus of all the studies conducted in Australia emphasised the Sudanese population. This displaces 99% of the African po
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