Case Study: Nova Scotia Burning Exploring Racial Discourse in Nova Scotia Media
| dc.contributor.advisor | Thurlow, Amy | |
| dc.contributor.author | Titus-Roberts, Jolene | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-08-10T17:46:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-08-10T17:46:53Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This case study examined The Chronicle Herald’s “Nova Scotia Burning” feature series, produced in 2011 in response to a cross-burning incident that occurred in Hants County, Nova Scotia in 2010. The study used postcolonial theory to examine the discursive practices in the text to understand how issues of race, representation, and racism pertaining to Black Nova Scotians were treated. The analysis illuminated a very complex process whereby the media itself attempted to destabilize some of the dominant discourses surrounding race and racism in Nova Scotia, and yet, in the end, reproduced them through their use of language, imagery and meaning making. This study contributes to our understanding of how issues of race and racism are treated in Nova Scotia media. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10587/1363 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Mount Saint Vincent University | en_US |
| dc.subject | The Chronicle Herald (Newspaper) | |
| dc.subject | Racial discourse | |
| dc.subject | Media analysis | |
| dc.thesis.degree | Master of Arts (Communication Studies) | |
| dc.title | Case Study: Nova Scotia Burning Exploring Racial Discourse in Nova Scotia Media | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | en_US | |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |