Media Hegemony: The Portrayal of Rohingya Refugees in the Canadian Print Media

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dc.contributor.advisorPeric, Sabrina
dc.contributor.authorChowdhury, Tanjima
dc.contributor.committeememberYessenova, Saulesh
dc.contributor.committeememberApentiik, Rowland
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-28T20:22:16Z
dc.date.available2024-06-28T20:22:16Z
dc.date.issued2024-06-28
dc.description.abstractThe Rohingya, a predominantly Muslim ethnic group in Myanmar's Rakhine state, gained global attention in 2017 due to the Myanmar military's genocide. This study focuses on how the Canadian media portrays the Rohingya minority after their displacement from Myanmar and resettlement in Canada. The primary objective is to analyze how different news outlets depict the Rohingya community, with a secondary goal of contrasting media narratives with the actual experiences of Rohingya migrants in Canada. My research emphasizes prioritizing refugee perspectives both theoretically and methodologically, aiming to engage these voices in dialogue with prevalent stereotypes and misrepresentations. My goal is to understand how our perceptions of these migrants are produced and how they influence refugee settlement. Based on their age, gender, and family background, the fieldwork with the Rohingya people revealed differences of opinion amongst the community about their portrayal in the media. Further, the data shows how different the resettlement journey is for each of these people in a foreign land. The media analysis demonstrated that the Rohingya were often portrayed as helpless victims, rarely discussed Rohingya history, and prioritized refugee camp stories with a significant absence of the Rohingya women's voices in the news. Ultimately the study displays the implication and significance of bringing refugee narratives into the mainstream media as people still fail to understand the crisis on a deeper level.
dc.identifier.citationChowdhury, T. (2024). Media hegemony: the portrayal of Rohingya refugees in the Canadian print media (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1880/119064
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/46660
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgary
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dc.subjectMedia
dc.subjectCanada
dc.subjectRohingya
dc.subject.classificationAnthropology
dc.subject.classificationJournalism
dc.subject.classificationEducation--Social Sciences
dc.subject.classificationEthnic and Racial Studies
dc.titleMedia Hegemony: The Portrayal of Rohingya Refugees in the Canadian Print Media
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineAnthropology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
ucalgary.thesis.accesssetbystudentI do not require a thesis withhold – my thesis will have open access and can be viewed and downloaded publicly as soon as possible.
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