“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 only focused on certain people.
Firstly
, media outlets have disadvantaged Logan City
people by negatively representing the city
based on certain people. In 2014, Logan City
was an unsafe place to live because its high profile 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
which suggesting less of action of protecting residents in the community
, and that the city
has a high number
of violent crimes occurs in the area. It also
indicates that Logan City
has high criminals as such
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 represented to have “Brazen youth gangs terrorising Brisbane” living in the urban (RF
).The media outlets such
as “NewsComAu” has used this
information to reveal their audiences that Logan City
teens is forming gangs, destroying the Brisbane City
, and causing problems for others according to the word “ terrorising.” The media have focused on this
teens who caused attention by posting a picture; money on the floor displayed Logan postcode 4114; 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 specific participants and those children who posted the picture on media. Therefore
, 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. On the 21st of January 2020 Logan has second most
Suggestion
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 1,243 cases, but has a population of 334,358 in 2019. Whereas, Ipswich claimed 7.28% and has a population of 219,890 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’s generations to generations dependent on Government support for wellbeing, representing a poor image of the Logan such
as the financial crisis and low employment rate. The media also
used the review comment to present that Logans always on drugs or under the influence of alcohol as their face shown – “shit-faced”. This
clarifies 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.Submitted by aphisradaffern on
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