The Dynamics of News and Indigenous Policy in Australia (Paperback)

Despite intense concern among academics and advocates, there is a deeply felt absence of scholarship on the way media reporting exacerbates rather than helps to resolve policy problems. This book offers rich insights into the news media's role in the development of policy in Australia, and explores the complex, dynamic and interactive relationship between news media and Australian Indigenous affairs. Spanning a twenty-year period from 1988 to 2008, Kerry McCallum and Lisa Waller critically examine how Indigenous health, bilingual education and controversial legislation were portrayed through public media. The Dynamics of News and Indigenous Policy in Australia provides evidence of Indigenous people being excluded from policy and media discussion, as well as using the media to their advantage. To that end, the book poses the question: just how far was the media manipulating the national conversation? And how far was it, in turn, being manipulated by those in power? A decade after the Australian government introduced the controversial 2007 Northern Territory Emergency Response Act, McCallum and Waller offer a ground-breaking look at the media's role in Indigenous issues and asks: to what extent did journalism exacerbate policy issues, and how far were their effects felt in Indigenous communities?

General

Imprint:	Intellect Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2017
Authors:	Kerry McCallum • Lisa Waller
Dimensions:	229 x 178 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-1-78320-812-8
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Humanities > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General Books > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General Promotions
LSN:	1-78320-812-0
Barcode:	9781783208128

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