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SBS CQ Cultural Intelligence - The Media and Diversity Debate

Media practitioners, commentators, academics, advocates and political animals share their unique perspectives on debates about asylum seekers, immigration and multiculturalism that have dominated Australian screens, airwaves and front pages in 2011.

PART ONE: SETTING THE TONE

Do media frame our understandings of Australian diversity and the asylum seeker debate? Are our views polarised by the kinds of media we consume?



PART TWO: ATTITUDES AND NEW APPROACHES

Can creative approaches change the way we think about the issues? We look at SBS series Go Back To Where You Came From and get the measure of public opinion on asylum seekers and Australian diversity.



PART THREE: MULTICULTURALISM AND MEDIA IN 2011

How has the asylum seeker debate influenced perceptions of multiculturalism? What can we learn from looking to the past? Who is responsible in this debate?



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About the SBS CQ Forum

In the context of heated national debates about asylum seekers and immigration, as well as the (predominantly polarising) commentary that followed the announcement of this year's federal multiculturalism policy, it is timely to host a discussion on the media’s role in these debates and in reflecting Australian diversity.

SBS CQ seeks to feed into this space with intelligent debate, new perspectives on our media environment. In this forum media practitioners, academics, politicians, community advocates and commentators reflect on how media shape and represent our views and values.

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