Media influence and the Rohingya refugee crisis

For the Rohingya people, a journey to safety has been shaped by centuries of persecution and bigotry. Although the Rohingya have lived in Myanmar for thousands of years, they have been subject to severe persecution and assault by the country's Buddhist majority. 

As a result of the Burmese government's refusal to grant them citizenship and numerous restrictions on their access to healthcare, education, travel and other fundamental rights, the Rohingya people do not now own a nationality. 

In this webinar, Dr Jannatul Ferdous compares and contrasts the worldwide, Myanmarese and Bangladeshi coverage of the Rohingya refugee issue. She explores the ways in which media ideology, political economy and the Rohingya refugee crisis are portrayed in the media and how these factors contribute to the creation of several false identities for these people. 

By examining various sociopolitical, economic, cultural, racial, religious and geopolitical factors, she sheds light on the identity construction and portrayal of the Rohingya refugee crisis in the media.