“Asylum seekers”, “boat people” and “illegal immigrants”: Social categorisation in the media *View all notes

This article points to a statement of those who seek exile in Australia. This research is critically analyzing the role of social classification in the description of these individuals from the text provided by Australian print media. The aim is to examine the structure that constitutes the marginalization of asylum seekers. Traditional social taxonomy law has been claimed to have several drawbacks, especially when considering discourses that may have been left behind. The Discourse Psychological Approach is used to analyze specific categories and to determine the social behavior they constitute. Excerpted samples are from media articles and the specific categories investigated include "illegal immigrants", "boat people" and related category labels. Certain types of classification have been claimed to be able to support and encourage specific behaviors, especially specific marginalized behaviors.

Asylum seekers, in particular "boat people" have been proved to be a major social problem, and in the past 12 months this has caused a lot of Australian intense debate. Australia has long provided a safe shelter to evacuation centers. However, in recent years, asylum seekers are regarded as a threat to culture and society, attitudes towards asylum seekers become increasingly negative, sometimes even hostile (Lynn & Lea, 2003). - Globalization is a broad term that is usually defined only by economic factors. The dictionary at merriam-webster.com expresses globalization as "the process of managing financial markets internationally, mainly for deregulating and improving communication deregulation." Areas that can achieve higher return or profit

This article points to a statement of those who seek exile in Australia. This research is critically analyzing the role of social classification in the description of these individuals from the text provided by Australian print media. The aim is to examine the structure that constitutes the marginalization of asylum seekers. Traditional social taxonomy law has been claimed to have several drawbacks, especially when considering discourses that may have been left behind. The Discourse Psychological Approach is used to analyze specific categories and to determine the social behavior they constitute. Samples of extracts from media articles, specific inspection categories include "illegal immigration", "boat people", and related category labels.

'Asylum seekers', 'Boat people', and 'Illegal immigrants': Social classification in the media * See all notes

It is noteworthy that the status of "illegal immigrants" may be replaced by, or replaced by, the status of "asylum seekers" illegally entering other states, escaping from war and oppression. Where they are recognized as "legitimate" asylum seekers by destination country, they are legally recognized. However, because they do not wish to apply in the target country or refused asylum qualifications, there may be many asylum seekers classified as "illegal immigrants" and may be punished or expelled from the country Hmm. There are many large immigration cases from poor countries and countries devastated by war. These include examples from Africa, Colombia and El Salvador.