Communicative resources and credibility in public discourse on refugees

Smith-Khan, L

Communicative resources and credibility in public discourse on refugees

Smith-Khan, L

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Language in Society, 2019, 48 (3), pp. 403 - 427
Issue Date:: 2019-06-01

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dc.contributor.author	Smith-Khan, L https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3551-221X	en_US
dc.date.issued	2019-06-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Language in Society, 2019, 48 (3), pp. 403 - 427	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0047-4045	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/131260
dc.description.abstract	© Copyright Cambridge University Press 2019. This article examines how communicative resources affect the construction of credible texts and identities in a public debate on Australia's treatment of a refugee. It centres on two key written statements-one from the Immigration Minister, and another from a Somali refugee. The analysis is divided into four levels, exploring the parties' respective linguistic, material, identity, and platform resources, and how these impact their statements' creation and reception, and their participation in discourse creation more generally. The article finds that there are inequalities on all four resource levels that largely undermine the refugee's ability to present a credible text and identity and challenge mainstream discourse on refugees. The article demonstrates how a multi-level analysis of communicative resources can challenge assumptions about participation and uncover inequalities invisible in the prevailing discourse. (Asylum, Australia, communicative resources, discourse, intercultural communication, media, power, refugee).	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Language in Society	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1017/S0047404519000186	en_US
dc.title	Communicative resources and credibility in public discourse on refugees	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	3	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	48	en_US
utslib.for	2004 Linguistics	en_US
utslib.for	2003 Language Studies	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Law
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	3	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	48	en_US

Abstract:

© Copyright Cambridge University Press 2019. This article examines how communicative resources affect the construction of credible texts and identities in a public debate on Australia's treatment of a refugee. It centres on two key written statements-one from the Immigration Minister, and another from a Somali refugee. The analysis is divided into four levels, exploring the parties' respective linguistic, material, identity, and platform resources, and how these impact their statements' creation and reception, and their participation in discourse creation more generally. The article finds that there are inequalities on all four resource levels that largely undermine the refugee's ability to present a credible text and identity and challenge mainstream discourse on refugees. The article demonstrates how a multi-level analysis of communicative resources can challenge assumptions about participation and uncover inequalities invisible in the prevailing discourse. (Asylum, Australia, communicative resources, discourse, intercultural communication, media, power, refugee).

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