Wesley Wang
Biographic Data
| ID | 4420091 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wesley Wang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wesley |
| FAMILY NAME | Wang |
| SIGNATURE | WANG W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Hopefully this will be a wake-up call on how we treat migrant workers: National wokeness in press reports during the Covid-19 pandemic
This study examines how Singapore’s flagship newspaper, The Straits Times (ST), framed relationships between migrant workers (MWs) and non-state actors (NGOs, companies and individuals) during the Covid-19 pandemic. We propose the conceptual lens of national wokeness as a mediatisation strategy of positive self-presentation to overcome international criticisms concerning the outbreak of the Covid-19 virus amidst neglected MW dormitories, and to r…
Restoration of positive self-image: Ideological circles in the mediatization of government-migrant worker relations during Covid 19
This article focuses on migrant workers (MWs) during Covid-19 in Singapore. A second wave of Covid-19 transmissions in MW dormitories in 2020 had cast a spotlight on this vulnerable population, amidst inter/national criticisms of the national government for oversight. From a critical discourse studies perspective, we examine how the national newspaper attempted to restore a positive self-image of the Singapore government, through the discursive m…
Hopefully this will be a wake-up call on how we treat migrant workers: National wokeness in press reports during the Covid-19 pandemic
This study examines how Singapore’s flagship newspaper, The Straits Times (ST), framed relationships between migrant workers (MWs) and non-state actors (NGOs, companies and individuals) during the Covid-19 pandemic. We propose the conceptual lens of national wokeness as a mediatisation strategy of positive self-presentation to overcome international criticisms concerning the outbreak of the Covid-19 virus amidst neglected MW dormitories, and to r…
Restoration of positive self-image: Ideological circles in the mediatization of government-migrant worker relations during Covid 19
This article focuses on migrant workers (MWs) during Covid-19 in Singapore. A second wave of Covid-19 transmissions in MW dormitories in 2020 had cast a spotlight on this vulnerable population, amidst inter/national criticisms of the national government for oversight. From a critical discourse studies perspective, we examine how the national newspaper attempted to restore a positive self-image of the Singapore government, through the discursive m…
Hopefully this will be a wake-up call on how we treat migrant workers: National wokeness in press reports during the Covid-19 pandemic
This study examines how Singapore’s flagship newspaper, The Straits Times (ST), framed relationships between migrant workers (MWs) and non-state actors (NGOs, companies and individuals) during the Covid-19 pandemic. We propose the conceptual lens of national wokeness as a mediatisation strategy of positive self-presentation to overcome international criticisms concerning the outbreak of the Covid-19 virus amidst neglected MW dormitories, and to r…
Media studies (2 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (1 works) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 (1 works) · Critical discourse analysis (1 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (1 works) · Economic growth (1 works) · Economics (1 works)