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Submitted by sillyhobbit on September 29, 2005
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Media and Identity Analysis
People are not born with identities rather, they have identities crafted for them by the society to which they belong'. All forms of media, from television to radio to newspapers etc. can collectively encapsulate certain groups of people and label' them with any given identity, or merely infer a certain identity, by their specific portrayal of the subject covered, and the way in which they display/compose the story. Identity is spawned from difference without cultural/political/social differences one cannot have an identity. Unfortunately, sometimes these differences are amplified and a strive for a unified nationalistic identity is forfeited when certain groups, such as the Muslim members of society, are subjectified and labelled' through certain media forms, newspapers particularly.
A critically evaluative, and hopefully non-bias, study of Muslim national identity very much the image' which I'm sure the Daily Telegraph wishes us to see reveals that,
"this identity has been undergoing a process of constant evolution in Australia's constantly changing multicultural society".
The Daily Telegraph is a national Australian paper predominantly written by white, non-Muslim Australians. The presence of differing affiliations and hostile provocation by the newspaper towards Muslims may give testimony to the constant changing state of Muslim identity, and hence the identity of the pictured Sheik Mohammed, rather than providing a static, and perhaps less audience-engaging media outlet. This quality largely dynamic and at times controversial means, however, that Muslims in the Australian society may perhaps not succeed in their struggle to achieve complete assimilation, both politically and socially, into Australian society, and more importantly, into the Australian identity'.
Successful assimilation by key Muslim representative...
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