Representing the Iran Nuclear Issue in theAustralian

• Authors: Shah Nister Kabir
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This study investigates news, editorials and opinion pieces (op-ed) appearing in the Australian in the context of Iran’s nuclear project and finds that the attention of this newspaper is inconsistent with the International Non-Proliferation Treaty. It argues that the Iran nuclear program is represented as a threat and Iran is perceived as untrustworthy. Furthermore, this newspaper does not criticize “the West” and its allies for having and using nuclear weapons. Ultimately, it demonstrates the limitations of media criticism of official policy. This study also draws attention to the fact that the Australian espouses a predominantly Orientalist view.

Keywords

EN

ideology; the Australian; Iran; Orientalism; discourse; Islam

• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Journal: Lodz Papers in Pragmatics
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 225-246

Dates

published

2016-03-17

received

2015-05-05

revised

2015-10-17

accepted

2015-11-24

online

2016-03-17

Contributors

author

Shah Nister Kabir

• Daffodil International University, 102 Shukrabad Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh

Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/lpp-2015-0012