ABSTRACT

Under the authority of the Burmese military, the Rohingya have long been subjected to discrimination and segregation in systemic attacks linked to their identity. In 2017, the Burmese security forces launched a series of attacks resulting in nearly a million Rohingya refugees fleeing to camps in Bangladesh. What causes the other people in Myanmar to turn a blind eye towards the dire situation of the Rohingya? Using very similar rhetorical devices to those seen in Central Europe in connection to refugees, influential Burmese monks and army officers spread hateful, exclusionary images and commentaries on social media representing Islam as a threat to Buddhism, ‘traditional values’ and national security. While the vast majority of international media criticize the Burmese government for its actions and present the Rohingya as a persecuted minority, the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar depicts them as a homogenous group of perpetrators threatening national peace and stability. Through the textual analysis of the outputs of this state-run media outlet, light is shed on the ways in which the situation in Rakhine State has been mis-framed by the state.

摘要

在缅甸军方的授权下，罗兴亚人长期以来受到与其身份有关的系统性攻击的歧视和隔离。2017年，缅甸安全部队发动了一系列袭击，导致近100万罗兴亚难民逃往孟加拉国的营地。是什么导致缅甸其他人对罗兴亚人的严峻形势视而不见？具有影响力的缅甸僧侣和军官使用与中欧类似的与难民有关的修辞手法，在社交媒体上散布可憎的，排斥​​性的图像和评论，这些社交媒体将伊斯兰教视为对佛教，“传统价值观念”和国家安全的威胁。尽管绝大多数国际媒体批评缅甸政府的行动，并将罗兴亚人视为受迫害的少数群体，缅甸《全球新光》将他们描述为威胁国家和平与稳定的同类犯罪者。通过对该国营媒体的产出进行文字分析，可以了解若开邦局势被国家误解的方式。