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Voices in the wilderness, images of Aboriginal people in the Australian media, Michael Meadows

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Voices in the wilderness, images of Aboriginal people in the Australian media, Michael Meadows

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-232) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Voices in the wilderness

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

544287186

Responsibility statement

Michael Meadows

Series statement

Contributions to the study of mass media and communications,, no. 59, 0732-4456

Sub title

images of Aboriginal people in the Australian media

Summary

This book examines race relations in Australia through various media representations over the past 200 years. The early colonial press perpetuated the image of aboriginal people as framed by early explorers, and stereotypes and assumptions still prevail. Print and television news accounts of several key events in recent Australian history are compared and reveal how indigenous sources are excluded from stories about their affairs. Journalists wield extraordinary power in shaping the images of cultures and people, so indigenous people, like those in North America, have turned away from mainstre

Table Of Contents

Tables; Preface; Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1 Journalism, Images, and Indigenous Affairs; 2 The History of Misrepresentation Thus Begins . . .; 3 Celebration of a Nation-The Bicentenary; 4 Voices in the Wilderness-The Cape York Spaceport; 5 Lost Opportunities-The Native Title Debate; 6 Reporting the Everyday-Rationalizing Racism; 7 Managing the Media-Ethics and Professionalism; 8 Reconciliation; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Appendix 4; Bibliography; Index

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