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Voices in the Wilderness Images of Aboriginal People in the Australian Media
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Michael Meadows
ISBN: 0-313-31566-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31566-4
264 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 12/30/2000
List Price: $131.95 (UK Sterling Price: £91.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: 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 mainstream media and have acquired their own means of cultural production through radio, television, and multimedia. This study concludes with suggestions for addressing media practices to reconcile indigenous and non-indigenous people.

This study will appeal to students and scholars studying mass media, particularly journalism and public relations, Australian history, and sociology.
Table of Contents:
  • Journalism, Images, and Indigenous Affairs
    The History of Misrepresentation thus Begins
    Celebration of a Nation-The Bicentenary
    Voices in the Wilderness-The Cape York Spaceport
    Lost Opportunities-The Native Title Debate
    Reporting the Everyday-Rationalizing Racism
    Managing the Media-Ethics and Professionalism
    Reconciliation
    Index
About the Author: MICHAEL MEADOWS is Associate Professor of Journalism at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia./e He was a print and broadcast journalist for ten years.
LCC Class: 302
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