Synopses & Reviews
The Indigenous Public Sphere is a fascinating and innovative account of the connections between textuality and citizenship. Focussing on the reporting and reception of Aboriginal affairs in the media, it has major implications for rethinking the study of journalism and ethnicity in national politics and public life.
Synopsis
The Indigenous Public Sphere is a fascinating and innovative account of the connections between textuality and citizenship. Focussing on the reporting and reception of Aboriginal affairs in the media, it has major implications for rethinking the study of journalism and ethnicity in national politics and public life.
Table of Contents
Introduction The 'Indigenous public sphere'
1. I - Research Stubbie-truth: journalism, media, cultural studies and an ethics of reading
2. 'Intelligence is always an interlocutor': a dialogue with the literature
3. 'Narrative accrual' in the Australian semiosphere
4. II - Reception The meeting is the polity': the National Media Forum
5. Watching the watchdogs: community reception and discussion of media
6. Telling the stories: Indigenous media; Indigenising Australian media
7. III - Reporting Mapping the Indigenous 'mediasphere'
8. Reporting Indigeneity: magazines, radio, TV and sport
9. Reporting Indigeneity: news and talkback
10. Journalism: ethics, training and 'indifference'
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