Restoration of positive self-image: Ideological circles in the mediatization of government-migrant worker relations during Covid 19

Michelle M  Lazar; Aaron Tham; Wesley  Wang

doi:10.1177/17504813231205823

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Restoration of positive self-image: Ideological circles in the mediatization of government-migrant worker relations during Covid 19

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Restoration of positive self-image: Ideological circles in the mediatization of government-migrant worker relations during Covid 19

Michelle M Lazar, Aaron Tham and Wesley Wang

Discourse & Communication, Vol.18(2), pp.244-265

2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/17504813231205823

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Covid-19 pandemic

ideological circles

mediatization

migrant workers

restoration of positive self-image

the Singapore government

COVID-19

UniSC Diversity Area - Cultural and Linguistic Diversity

This article focuses on migrant workers (MWs) during Covid-19 in Singapore. A second wave of Covid-19 transmissions in MW dormitories in 2020 had cast a spotlight on this vulnerable population, amidst inter/national criticisms of the national government for oversight. From a critical discourse studies perspective, we examine how the national newspaper attempted to restore a positive self-image of the Singapore government, through the discursive mobilization of 'ideological circles'. These ideological circles involve, variously, positive and negative discursive presentational strategies of the Singapore government, its MWs, selected regional governments, and their MWs. The study unpacks the ideological mechanisms at work in the restoration of the government's reputation as well as examines the implications for MWs in Singapore as perpetual 'others'.

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Title: Restoration of positive self-image: Ideological circles in the mediatization of government-migrant worker relations during Covid 19
Authors: Michelle M Lazar (Corresponding Author) - National University of Singapore
Aaron Tham (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Business and Creative Industries
Wesley Wang (Author) - Oxford University (United Kingdom)
Publication details: Discourse & Communication, Vol.18(2), pp.244-265
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd.
Date published: 2024
DOI: 10.1177/17504813231205823
ISSN: 1750-4821
Organisation Unit: School of Business and Creative Industries; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99971192502621
Output Type: Journal article

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