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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813349203321

Titolo

Social policy, the media, and misrepresentation / / edited by Bob Franklin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999

ISBN

1-134-63542-7

1-134-63543-5

1-280-33102-X

0-203-03132-6

0-203-15985-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (298 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FranklinBob <1949->

Disciplina

302.23/2/0941

Soggetti

Government and the press - Great Britain

Social problems - Press coverage - Great Britain

Mass media - Political aspects - Great Britain

Mass media - Social aspects - Great Britain

Journalistic ethics - Great Britain

Press and politics - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; List of contributors; Introduction; Producing social policy news; Soft-soaping the public? The government and media promotion of social policy; Media coverage of social policy: a journalist's perspective; Charitable images: the construction of voluntary sector news; Dying of ignorance? Journalists, news sources and the media reporting of HIV/AIDS; The media reporting of social policy; Poor relations: state social work and the press in the UK; Home truths: media representations of homelessness

The picture of health? Media coverage of the health serviceMedia and mental health; Thinking the unthinkable: welfare reform and the media; Are you paying attention? Education and the media; Exorcising demons: media, politics and criminal justice; The media reporting of social policy: case studies; Bulger, 'back to basics' and the rediscovery of



community; The ultimate neighbour from hell? Stranger danger and the media framing of paedophiles; Out of the closet: new images of disability in the civil rights campaign

Social threat or social problem? Media representations of lone mothers and policy implicationsThey make us out to be monsters: images of children and young people in care; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Social Policy, the Media and Misrepresentation  examines aspects of news media reporting of social policy and how such coverage can influence processes of policy-making and implementation. It offers an appraisal of the complex inter-relationships between news media, news sources, the content of media coverage of social policy and its impact on audiences,     public opinion and policy makers. Through detailed case studies, the various contributors explore: *social work and child protection *housing and homelessness *the charity and voluntary sectors  *poverty and welfar