Stories of Chasing Asylum - Stories of Justice and Injustice

Students are introduced to the concepts of justice and injustice and study media texts that represent issues and communicate perspectives about seeking asylum with respect to these concepts. They enhance their understanding of how media texts use language, visual and structural features to represent these justices and injustices with respect to people seeking asylum in different ways; including the use of selection and omission to position audiences. With a specific focus on news media texts, students will use a selection of thinking and analytical tools to deconstruct and evaluate perspectives represented and analyse how language and visual features influences audiences.