Cover

Front Matter

Half-title

Series information

Title page

Copyright information

Tables of Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1 to 10

Part I Theorizing Belonging in Contemporary Australia

Chapter 1 Australian Media and the Politics of Belonging

Introduction: Feels Like Home?

Australia’s ‘Politics of Belonging’

Australian Media and the Politics of Belonging

Note

References

Chapter 2 Politics of Belonging in a Mediated Society: A Contribution to the Conceptual Exegesis

Introduction

Belonging-Identity-Community

Media-Communication-Representation

Australia-Politics-(Public) Discourse

Reality-Construction-Perception

Conclusion

Notes

References

Chapter 3 Media, Belonging and Being Heard: Community Media and the Politics of Listening

Introduction

Western Sydney and the Mediated Politics of Belonging

The politics of belonging

Speaking Up and Talking Back

ICE: Information + Cultural Exchange

Public Events and Listening Spaces

Speaking Up, Listening and Belonging

Being heard?

Shifting perceptions?

Creative industries

Media and the Uneven Politics of Belonging

Acknowledgements

References

Part II Sudanese Australians, Media Practices and the Politics of Belonging

Chapter 4 Talking About the Other: Sudanese Australians and the Language of Difference on Talkback Radio

Introduction

Talkback Radio

Offering Refuge – Australia’s Ambivalent Refugee History

Sociopolitical Background and Sampling Methodology

Data collection

Constructing Causality for Differentiating the Other

Fixing Culture

Conclusion

Note

References

Chapter 5 In a Context of Crime: Sudanese and South Sudanese Australians in the Media

Introduction

Racial Formation and ‘Racialization’

Racial Formation in Australia

Methods

In a Context of Crime

Conclusion

Acknowledgements

Note

References

Chapter 6 Journalism Practice, the Police and Sudanese Australians

Introduction

Policing the ‘Cronullas’: Media Coverage, Racist Discourse and Practice

Policing Sudanese and South Sudanese Migrants

Politics

Discussion and Conclusion

References

Chapter 7 Constructing the Heroic Other and ‘They Always Asked About Africa, They Never Asked About Me’: Three Screen...

Introduction

Part I: Constructing the Heroic Other

Television representations: The pervasive ‘white imaginary’

The unlimited refugee: Immigration and ‘Deng Thiak Adut Unlimited’

Part II: ‘They Always Asked Me about Africa, They Never Asked about Me’

Conclusion

References

Videography

Part III Shifting the Politics of Belonging: Media Interventions and Possibilities for Transformation

Chapter 8 Towards an Australian Framework for Best Practice in Reporting News Involving Muslims and Islam

Overview of the Project/Problem

Methodology

Data and Discussion

Problems and Pitfalls with News Media Coverage

Language usage

Current Journalistic Approaches to News Media Coverage

Outcomes and Impacts of Mainstream News Coverage of Islam and Muslims

Alternative Approaches to Reporting on Muslims

Conclusions

Acknowledgements

References

Chapter 9 Creating Media, Creating Belonging: Young People From Refugee...

Introduction

Belonging and the Nation

The Challenge of Belonging in the Australian Nation

The Home Lands Project

Belonging and Home: Starting Points

Making of Media, Making of Belonging

Belonging beyond the Nation?

Conclusion

Acknowledgements

References

Chapter 10 Creating Belonging: The Possibilities and Limitations...

Introduction

Analysing Media Interventions

The AuSud Media Intervention

Implementing the Media Intervention

2011: Cohort one2

2012: Cohort two

2013: Cohort three

Challenges for the Intervention

Objectives and ownership

Building relationships

Transition and sustainability

Contrasting outcomes

Conclusions

Acknowledgements

Notes

References

End Matter

Note on Contributors

Index