“Hapless Victims” or “Making Trouble”: Audience Responses to Stereotypical Representations of Asylum Seekers in Australian News Discourse

Figures & data

Table 1. Participants’ demographic details and asylum stance.

Pseudonym	Gender	Age	Nationality	Religion	Education level	Asylum stance
Renee	Female	57	Australian	Roman Catholic	Postgraduate	Accepting
Brooke	Female	29	Australian	Christian	TAFE Diploma^a	Ambivalent
Jessica	Female	22	Australian	Agnostic	Bachelor's Degree	Accepting
Jodie	Female	41	Australian	Atheist	Postgraduate	Accepting
Gillian	Female	41	Australian	Uniting Church	High School (Year 12)	Accepting
Ingrid	Female	73	Australian	Not disclosed	Postgraduate	Accepting
Jane	Female	57	Australian	Atheist	Bachelor's Degree	Accepting
Susan	Female	59	Australian	Atheist	Graduate Diploma	Accepting
Patsy	Female	68	Australian	Church of England	TAFE Diploma	Ambivalent
Beth	Female	36	Indigenous-Australian	Christian	High School (Year 10)	Non-accepting
Zara	Female	25	Pakistani-Australian	Islamic (Sunni)	Bachelor's Degree	Ambivalent
Katie	Female	28	Australian	Roman Catholic	Bachelor's Degree	Non-accepting
Al	Non-Binary	19	Australian	Atheist	High School (Year 12)	Accepting
Adam	Male	29	Australian	Agnostic	TAFE Diploma	Accepting
Andrew	Male	30	Australian	Not disclosed	High School (Year 12)	Ambivalent
Luke	Male	34	Australian	Not disclosed	High School (Year 12)	Accepting
Sam	Male	28	Australian	Spiritual	High School (Year 10)	Ambivalent
Bryan	Male	45	British-Australian	Church of England	Bachelor's Degree	Non-accepting
David	Male	33	Venezuelan-Australian	Catholic	Postgraduate	Accepting
Tom	Male	66	Australian	Not disclosed	Bachelor's Degree	Ambivalent
Gary	Male	71	Australian	Church of England	TAFE Diploma	Ambivalent
Don	Male	66	Australian	Church of England	High School (Year 10)	Non-accepting
Mark	Male	24	Australian	Catholic	Bachelor's Degree	Ambivalent
Reece	Male	24	Australian	Not disclosed	TAFE Diploma	Non-accepting

^a TAFE (Technical and Further Education) refers to vocational-focused institutions that provide qualifying courses under the Australian Quality Training Framework.