Australian responses to the images and discourses of terrorism and the other: establishing a metric of fear

9·11事件改变了世界。小规模的研究表明，一半的澳大利亚非穆斯林人口现在是反穆斯林的，高达80%的穆斯林处于被围困的心态。这项研究考察了澳大利亚人对其他国家、恐怖主义、难民以及对这些问题的恐惧的看法。在试图分析这些对当代社会的影响时，该项目调查了政策如何能够推动对种族主义和社会孤立作出适当的传播反应，特别是在支持充满恐惧的社区方面。该研究认为，全球对9/11事件的反应与事件本身不成比例，并提出了支持受到媒体言论和不利公众舆论威胁的种族多元化群体的策略。

The world was changed on 9/11. Small-scale studies indicate half the Australian non-Muslim population is now anti-Muslim and up to 80% of Muslims are in a siege mentality. This research examines Australian perceptions of the other, of terrorism, of refugees and of fears about these. In seeking to analyse these influences upon contemporary society, the project investigates ways that policy can drive appropriate communication responses to racism and to social isolation, particularly in supporting fear-filled communities. Arguing that the global response to 9/11 is out of proportion to the events themselves, the study suggests strategies to support ethnically diverse groups that feel threatened by media discourses and adverse public opinion.