Abstract

<p>Using the methodology of critical discourse analysis, this research project analysed 70 news media articles from the Globe and Mail and the National Post on the topic of asylum seekers who crossed into Canada from the U.S. between ports of entry in 2017 and 2018. Analysis revealed that asylum seekers were largely depicted, portrayed, and framed in problematizing ways, leading to their dehumanization and a decontextualization of the larger issues. Keywords: Asylum seekers; refugees; news media coverage; critical discourse analysis</p>

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  • This Research Project more than ever, people around the world are on the move, displaced and forced to migrate because their home communities have become uninhabitable and unsafe

  • 40,000 or 38 per cent of the total number of claims over this two-year period were from asylum seekers who were intercepted between ports of entry (Government of Canada, 2019a; Government of Canada, 2019b; Statistics Canada, 2019)

  • With an overview of the existing research that analysed news media coverage of migrants, I will offer my own critical discourse analysis of news media in Canada and their depiction of asylum seekers crossing between ports of entry from the U.S My findings will contribute to the existing body of literature to increase the understanding of discourse concerning asylum seeking refugees by Canadian news media

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This Research Project more than ever, people around the world are on the move, displaced and forced to migrate because their home communities have become uninhabitable and unsafe. With an overview of the existing research that analysed news media coverage of migrants, I will offer my own critical discourse analysis of news media in Canada and their depiction of asylum seekers crossing between ports of entry from the U.S My findings will contribute to the existing body of literature to increase the understanding of discourse concerning asylum seeking refugees by Canadian news media. CHAPTER 3 Methodology of Critical Discourse Analysis This research project will analyse news media coverage of asylum seekers who attempted to enter into Canada between official ports of entry from the U.S to make a refugee claim from January 2017 to the end of 2018. The journalists are asking the reader to explore how the treatment of asylum seekers will contribute to the kind of country Canada wants to be and will be to future generations

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