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The Rohingya Refugee Crisis: A Social Semiotic Study of Visuals in The New York Times and The Washington Post.
- Source :
- Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly; Sep2023, Vol. 100 Issue 3, p550-568, 19p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- In this social semiotic analysis, we examined visuals of Rohingya refugees in two U.S. newspapers: The New York Times and The Washington Post. We identified prominent tropes and themes exemplifying those tropes. Visuals connoted refugee vulnerability and subscribed to gender stereotypes. Media also leaned on familiar themes to translate "distant suffering." Our study has addressed the urgent need to bridge academic/critical work on journalism and journalistic practice in the field. Our hope is that media practitioners will take steps to delink refugees from negative connotations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- BURMESE refugees
ROHINGYA (Burmese people)
SEMIOTICS
GENDER stereotypes
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10776990
- Volume :
- 100
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 171897250
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/10776990221132559