“Is Logan fairly represented in the media, or does the media disadvantage people of the community through prejudice and reinforced stereotypes?”

The Members of Logan are divided on the issue of representation in the media. The

City

of Logan is located between Queensland’s capital

city

of Brisbane, and the diverse localities; Gold Coast, Redlands, Ipswich and the Scenic Rim. Logan currently has a population of 334,358 people, comprising 217 nationalities and cultures, with approximately 50% of residents aged 30 or younger (Logan

city

2019). The Logan

City

was represented in the media with lacks of

security

and high profile of violent crimes (

RF

). The

City

's representation

also

described as "Brazen

youth

gangs terrorising Brisbane" (

RF

). The

city

was ranked as Brisbane’s top suburbs for

car

and

home

theft

insurance

claims, and yet Logans have a reputation about shit-faced and inter-generational welfare dependency (

RF

). The media have revealed negative images of Logan

community

and had disadvantaged people of the

community

basis of stereotypes and discriminatory attitudes, and only focused on certain people.

Firstly

, media outlets have disadvantaged Logan

City

people by negatively representing the

city

, choosing information based on certain people. In 2014, Logan

City

was an unsafe place to live due to its high profile of violent crimes and low

security

, which was acknowledged by the majority of interview participants in the survey (

RF

).The media outlet

such

as “Ahuri” has used

this

report to show their viewers that Logan has lack of

security

to provide the

community public safety,

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public safety community,

and that the

city

has a high

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number number

of violent crimes occurs.

This

also

indicates that most of the people of the Logan

City

are criminal, who created

this

notion. The report shows facts since it was a survey, but it was acknowledged by particular participants who interviewed in the survey. In 2018, Logan

City

was

also

represented to have “Brazen

youth

gangs terrorising Brisbane,” who live in the urban (

RF

).The media outlets

such

as “NewsComAu” has used

this

information to reveal their audiences that Logan

City

youth

is forming group gangs, destroying the Brisbane

City

, and causing problems for others. The media have chosen

this

youth

who caused attention by posting a picture; money on the floor to represent the Logan

City

image; to represent Logan image.

This

indicates media outlets represented Logan

City

as a dangerous place with high criminal crimes, as well as young gangsters occurred in the suburb based on certain participants and the children who posted the picture on media.

Consequently

, many media outlets disadvantaged the Logan

community

by negatively portraying the

city

centred on certain people.

Secondly

, the media disadvantaged people of Logan

City

by representing Logan based on stereotypes and discriminatory attitudes towards the

City

. On the 21st of January 2020 Logan has

second most

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a second most car

car

and

home

theft

insurance

claims of 22.67% in Queensland (

RF

). The media outlet name “Brisbane Times” used

this

percentage to illustrate their viewers that Logan is one most regions made

insurance

claims for

home

and

car

robbery, representing the

city

as

second

most

theft

criminal offence occurred in Queensland. The percentage,

however

, was ranked by the

number

of claims in each region, which was not calculated as a percentage of claims to the total

number

of

car

and house in each region has.

For example

, the

number

Logan

City

claimed for

car

and

home

insurance

was 1243 cases, but has a population of 334,358 in 2019. Whereas, Ipswich was ranked

second

least claimed by 7.28% with 219,890 population in the same year.

Furphy

and Rissole too, described Logan’ common hobbits as “sh*t-faced” and “

intergenerational

welfare dependency” based on comments on

city

reviews (

RF

). The media outlet

such

as “The Chronicle” used

this

description to demonstrations their viewers that Logan generations to generations dependent on Government support for wellbeing, and that Logans always on drugs or under the influence of alcohol as their face shown.

This

indicates that media outlets represented Logan

City

as

second

most

theft

coverage in Queensland based on the

number

claims which directly converted into percentages for ranking, and

such

a way of reviewers expressed about Logan

City

, Logans have shit-faced and Government care as their common hobbits.

Therefore

, the media had disadvantaged people of the

community

by representing Logan

City

basis of stereotypes and discriminatory attitudes. Generally for many years the members of Logan

City

have been divided on the issue of negative representation based on stereotypes and discriminatory attitudes toward Logan

City

, and it simply focused on certain people, representing through the media outlets

such

as Ahuri, NewsComAu, Brisbane Times, and The Chronicle. The media revealed Logan

City

as the dangerous place with a deficiency

security

, and high criminal offences –violent, young terrorism, and robbery. The residents of the Logan

also

commonly on drugs like their face expressed, but still dependent on the government financial assistance. The depiction represented in the media is important in modern society as it is considered that the media has at least a role in the construction of these notions.