04088oam 2200745I 450 991077886150332120230207222531.01-134-63542-71-134-63543-51-280-33102-X0-203-03132-60-203-15985-310.4324/9780203031322(CKB)111004366677628(EBL)165248(OCoLC)304076566(SSID)ssj0000247595(PQKBManifestationID)11209015(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000247595(PQKBWorkID)10215491(PQKB)11009869(MiAaPQ)EBC165248(Au-PeEL)EBL165248(CaPaEBR)ebr5001425(CaONFJC)MIL33102(OCoLC)48138678(EXLCZ)9911100436667762820180331d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSocial policy, the media, and misrepresentation /edited by Bob FranklinLondon ;New York :Routledge,1999.1 online resource (298 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-20107-1 0-415-20106-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 homelessnessThe 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 campaignSocial 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; IndexSocial 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 welfarGovernment and the pressGreat BritainSocial problemsPress coverageGreat BritainMass mediaPolitical aspectsGreat BritainMass mediaSocial aspectsGreat BritainJournalistic ethicsGreat BritainPress and politicsGreat BritainGovernment and the pressSocial problemsPress coverageMass mediaPolitical aspectsMass mediaSocial aspectsJournalistic ethicsPress and politics302.23/2/0941Franklin Bob1949-856224MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778861503321Social policy, the media, and misrepresentation3715263UNINA