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Till now, there is no concrete solution of the problem of ethnic Rohingya refugees, who are going through a major humanitarian as well as a political crisis in South and Southeast Asia. This issue has started getting critical headlines in the global media since August 2017, when the Myanmar army began its major crackdown on Rakhine villages. Likewise, after the massive exodus of Muslim ethnic groups to nearby Bangladesh, it became a significant discourse for the print and electronic media in India. This chapter focuses on the media reporting on the Rohingya issue in Indian mass media. The study is based on the thematic analysis of two major Indian news media. The descriptive study analyzes the various sets of themes related to Rohingya refugees reported from August 2017 to December 2019. The chapter also explores the media discourses about India’s Rohingya situation and how it helps in developing public opinion.
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Walia, K., Öztürk, S. (2022). Unfolding Rohingya Refugee Crisis Through Mass Media: A Thematic Analysis of Indian Print and Electronic Media. In: Bülbül, K., Islam, M.N., Khan, M.S. (eds) Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Myanmar. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6464-9_12
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