Diablogging about asylum seekers: Building a counter-hegemonic discourse  

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Fozdar, Farida ; Pedersen, Anne

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Discourse and Communication ( Full Text) vol. 7 no. 4 (Nov. 2013), page 371.
Topik: Asylum seeker; Australia; blog; bystander anti-racism; counter-hegemony; discourse analysis; public sphere
Fulltext: DISCOURSE & COMMUNICATION-2013-Fozdar-371-88.pdf (747.06KB)

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New technologies provide new forums for the expression and challenging of racism. This article explores the potential of an interactive blog about asylum-seekers to serve as part of the Habermasian ‘public sphere’, facilitating debate between those with opposing views. We offer evidence that pro- and anti-asylum seeker arguments made in blogs construct a binary between those in favour and those against. Arguments are collectively constructed producing relatively coherent discourses, despite being articulated by different individuals. We then explore the ways in which pro-asylum seeker postings utilize strategies which social scientists have identified as effective in challenging racism. As such, the blog is a site where what has come to be called ‘bystander anti-racism’ is being practised, producing a counter-hegemonic discourse. Our evidence suggests that despite arguments to the contrary, blogs are potentially useful sites for the development of communicative

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