There is a pressing need to address prejudice, racism, and discrimination against
marginalised groups in Australia. This involves change from the structural to the individual …

Studies of the impact of the mainstream mass media on young people's sexual behavior
have been slow to accumulate despite longstanding evidence of substantial sexual content …

Identity and Cultural Diversity examines immigration and its effect on diversity from a social
psychological perspective. Immigration increases cultural diversity and raises difficult …

This series showcases ground-breaking research that looks at the nexus between migration,
citizenship and social change. It advances new scholarship in migration and refugee studies …

Media Framing of the Muslim World examines and explains how news about Islam and the
Muslim world is produced and consumed, and how it impacts on relations between Islam …

Previous research has explored the 'othering'and dehumanisation of asylum seekers and
refugees, yet comparatively little research has explored the opposite process: the …

In the lead-up to the Australian federal election in 2010, both major political parties
represented the 'unauthorised'arrival of asylum-seekers as a security issue. This article …

Immigration to Australia has long been the focus of negative political interest. In recent times,
the proposal of exclusionary policies such as the Malaysia Deal in 2011 has fuelled further …

This article challenges the theoretical opposition between nationalism and cosmopolitanism
with empirical research on the ways in which a group of ordinary Australians talked about …

In this paper, I investigate the lived experience of multiculturalism often referred to as
'everyday multiculturalism'. I suggest that the concept of 'everyday otherness' offers further …