Social Policy, the Media and Misrepresentation.
Material type: TextPublisher: Florence : Routledge, 1999Copyright date: ©1999Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (298 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780203031322Subject(s): Government and the press -- Great Britain | Journalistic ethics -- Great Britain | Mass media -- Political aspects -- Great Britain | Mass media -- Social aspects -- Great Britain | Press and politics -- Great Britain | Social problems -- Press coverage -- Great BritainGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Social Policy, the Media and MisrepresentationDDC classification: 302.2320941 LOC classification: PN4748.G7 -- S69 1999ebOnline resources: Click to ViewCover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures and tables -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- PART I Producing social policy news -- 1 Soft-soaping the public? The government and media promotion of social policy -- 2 Media coverage of social policy: a journalists perspective -- 3 Charitable images: the construction of voluntary sector news -- 4 Dying of ignorance? Journalists, news sources and the media reporting of HIV/AIDS -- PART 2 The media reporting of social policy -- 5 Poor relations: state social work and the press in the U K -- 6 Home truths: media representations of homelessness -- 7 The picture of health? Media coverage of the health service -- 8 Media and mental health -- 9 Thinking the unthinkable: welfare reform and the media -- 10 Are you paying attention? Education and the media -- 11 Exorcising demons: media, politics and criminal justice -- PART 3 The media reporting of social policy: case studies -- 12 Bulger, 'back to basics' and the rediscovery of community -- 13 The ultimate neighbour from hell? Stranger danger and the media framing of paedophiles -- 14 Out of the closet: new images of disability in the civil rights campaign -- 15 Social threat or social problem? Media representations of lone mothers and policy implications -- 16 They make us out to be monsters: images of children and young people in care -- Index.
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 welfare policy *health (including HIV/AIDS) and mental health *education and crime and juvenile justice.
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