Framing Indigenous–Settler Relations within British Columbia's Modern Treaty Context: A Discourse Analysis of the Maa-nulth Treaty in Mainstream Media

作者: Vanessa Sloan Morgan , Heather Castleden

DOI: 10.18584/IIPJ.2014.5.3.5

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摘要: Media plays an integral role in (re)producing our social construction of reality. When viewed light Canada’s colonial legacy, media’s power has undoubtedly been implicated circumscribing Indigenous peoples and Indigenous–settler relations. Employing a discourse analysis mainstream media covering the recent (2011) implementation comprehensive land claims agreement British Columbia, this study investigates how framed contemporary relations within Canadian state. Findings indicate that predominantly relies on stereotypes tends to neglect historical current political complexities, thereby perpetuating stagnant Concluding with empirically derived recommendations, article points education reform create more robust able address stagnated (re)constructions