Minorities and Media

Producers, Industries, Audiences

John Budarick, Gil-Soo Han, John Budarick, Gil-Soo Han

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9781137596307
• eBook ISBN:
  9781137596314
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Australian & Oceanian History
• Index: Social Sciences

This book examines the relationships between ethnic and Indigenous minorities and the media in Australia. The book places the voices of minorities at its centre, moving beyond a study of only representation and engaging with minority media producers, industries and audiences. Drawing on a diverse range of studies – from the Indigenous media environment to grassroots production by young refugees – the chapters within engage with the full range of media experiences and practices of marginalized Australians. Importantly, the book expands beyond the victimization of Indigenous and ethnic minorities at the hands of mainstream media, and also analyses the empowerment of communities who use media to respond to, challenge and negotiate social inequalities. 

Table of contents

• Minorities and Media
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Mobility, Migration and Resilience: Multifaceted Identities and Migrant Media in South Australia
• 3 From Marginalisation to a Voice of Our Own: African Media in Australia
• 4 The Changing Chinese Community Mediascape Since the Early 1990s
• 5 Learning to Love Our Voice: Valuing Process and Product in the Analysis of Participatory Radio for Young Refugees
• 6 Indigenous Media Studies in Australia: Traditions, Theories and Contemporary Practices
• 7 Korean Immigrant Media and Identity: Minority Media, Its Contributions and Constraints
• 8 MasterChef and the ‘Everyday Australia’: Reception Amongst First- and Second-Generation Migrants
• 9 Poor Relations: Australian News Media Representations of Ethnic Minorities, Implications and Responses
• Index