This study analyzes the news texts of Typhoon Morakot, applying news discourse
analysis and post-colonial concepts to discuss the specific types of aboriginal
representation in the media, and the media also shape some specific discourse for
aboriginal people. After analyzing the news texts, it shows that mainstream media
represent aboriginal as the negative other, while alternative media represent them as
the subjects who can acclaim their own rights.
These two different discourses imply that there are some complex power relations
behind the news texts, the mainstream media reinforce the power from central
government and the charity organization. They build a strong and powerful discourse
to rationalize their dominance over aboriginals, which excludes aboriginals¡¦ opinions
from the public policy. However, this study also shows there is an alternative
direction of power; alternative media try to subvert the mainstream discourse. They
point out the central government is the trouble maker, aboriginals shouldn¡¦t be
scapegoats. Hence, we can find that aboriginals are on the way to establish their own
subjects.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0815110-192845 |
| Date | 15 August 2010 |
| Creators | Tseng, Hsien-wen |
| Contributors | Hong-zen Wang, Feng-yuan Kuo, Ping Shaw |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0815110-192845 |
| Rights | not_available, Copyright information available at source archive |
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