Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0559707
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Australian responses to the images and discourses of terrorism and the other: establishing a metric of fear. The world was changed on 9/11. Small-scale studies indicate half the Australian non-Muslim population is now anti-Muslim and up to 80% of Muslims are in a siege mentality. This research examines Australian perceptions of the other, of terrorism, of refugees and of fears about these. In seeking to analyse these influences upon contemporary society, the project investigates ways that policy can drive appropriate communication responses to racism and to social isolation, particularly in supporting fear-filled communities. Arguing that the global response to 9/11 is out of proportion to the events themselves, the study suggests strategies to support ethnically diverse groups that feel threatened by media discourses and adverse public opinion.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2005
End Date: 08-2010
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $146,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Journalism, Communication And Media Not Elsewhere Classified | Journalism and Professional Writing
