Portrayals of Child Abuse Scandals in the Media in Australia and England: Impacts on Practice, Policy, and Systems

This article describes how the media have played a key role in placing the issue of child maltreatment and the problems associated with child protection high on public and political agendas over the last 50 years. It also describes how the influence of the media is far from unambiguous. Although the media has been crucial in bringing the problems into the open, it often does so in particular ways. In being so concerned with scandals and tragedies ∗ Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Bob Lonne, School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove, Queensland 4059, Australia. Electronic mail may be sent to [email protected]. in a variety of institutionalized and community settings, the media have portrayed the nature of child maltreatment in ways which deflect attention from many of its core characteristics and causes. A focus on the media is important because of the power the media have to help transform the private into the public, but at the same time, to undermine trust, reputation, and legitimacy of the professionals working in the field. This concern is key for those working in the child protection field and has been a source of tension in public policy in both Australia and England for many years

Communicating for change: media and agency in the networked public sphere

This paper is aimed at anyone who is interested in the role of media as an influence on power and policy. It especially about the role of news journalism, NGOs and other activists who use communication for change. It looks at the context for those actors and their actions. It asks how much the Internet and social networks are changing advocacy. It takes an ethical and political rather than technological or theoretical approach. It ask whether the ‘public sphere’ needs to be redefined. If that is the case, I argue, then we need to think again about journalism, advocacy communications and the relationship between mediation and social, political or economic change. I would identify three overlapping, interrelated media dynamics that might add up to the need for a new notion of the public sphere: the disruption of communication power; the rise of networked journalism; the dual forces for online socialisation and corporatisation. This is not only a theoretical concern. From these dynamics flow all the other arguments about what kind of media we want or need, and what effect it will have on our ability to communicate particular kinds of issues or information. Unless we understand the strategic context of these changes we will continue to make the kind of tactical blunders that Kony2012, for example, represents. This is not just an academic question, it is an ethical, political and practical set of problems

The power and the problems of the media in Turkey and political-religious identity of Tukish media elites

The media is one of the most important institutions in society. It is a reality that media play very substantial role in the production and social distribution of knowledge. In addition to that, mass media provides the greatest communication opportunities to the people. Also, contemporary media provides very distinctive weapons to obtain power, wealth and prestige in the society. Is the media, especially Turkish media voice, eyes and ears of the public or is it voice and operating arms of powerful dominant groups in the society? Is it heard the voice of public to the political elites or is it the major and very affective weapons of politicians helping them by manipulating social-economical problems of society and canalizing the interest and energy of the public to different subjects? The major objective of this study is to search all these and this kind of questions, In addition to that, this paper will concentrate on the matter of homogeneity and social consensus among Turkish media elites Also, political identity and religious affiliations of Turkish media elites will be examined.The media is one of the most important institutions in society. It is a reality that media play very substantial role in the production and social distribution of knowledge. In addition to that, mass media provides the greatest communication opportunities to the people. Also, contemporary media provides very distinctive weapons to obtain power, wealth and prestige in the society. Is the media, especially Turkish media voice, eyes and ears of the public or is it voice and operating arms of powerful dominant groups in the society? Is it heard the voice of public to the political elites or is it the major and very affective weapons of politicians helping them by manipulating social-economical problems of society and canalizing the interest and energy of the public to different subjects? The major objective of this study is to search all these and this kind of questions, In addition to that, this paper will concentrate on the matter of homogeneity and social consensus among Turkish media elites Also, political identity and religious affiliations of Turkish media elites will be examined

GLOBAL JOURNALISM AND THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON SOCIETY

Freedom of information is one of the fundamental human rights, the right of every citizen to express his or her opinion through the written and the spoken word. The technology of communication has revolutionized the spread of information, making it instantaneous and allowing it to reach an ever-widening public. Thus a new power is born, the power of global journalism and social media. This paper seeks to describe the role of global journalism and social media in applying both good political and corporate governance practices as well as identify some problems arising due to global journalism. There is no freedom without freedom of expression, and global journalism and social media should strive for the highest ideals of journalism: to denounce all forms of injustice

Representasi Girl Power dan Perlawanan Domestifikasi Perempuan dalam Film Charlie’s Angel (2019

Various gender-biased films still place women as weak and only occupy tasks in the domestic sphere. There is still a public perception that women cannot carry out significant tasks in the public sector. This study aims to represent girl power and the resistance to female domestication through film media based on these problems. This study uses a qualitative method of John Fiske's semiotic analysis, including the code level of reality, representation, and ideology. The study results show that the power of women in the Charlie's Angel (2019) movie has intellectual abilities. They can become a leader, fighting negative stereotypes of society by maximizing the power of skills possessed, including self-defense, disguise, shooting, and a programmer who can hack security. The women in this film prove their resistance to women's domestication by working in the public sector, namely in an international-scale investigative security organization called the Townsend Agency

The Future of Indigenous Australia: Is there a path beyond the free market or welfare dependency?

In recent times, we have seen a growing public discourse, policy debates, and much media focus on the social problems faced by many remote Indigenous communities. Much blame is sheeted home to excessive welfare dependency. This perspective though, has limited explanatory power in accounting for the complexity of Indigenous marginalisation and disadvantage in Australia today, either in remote or more settled regions

Mapping the Police-Media Institutional Relationship

The relationship between police and media has been and remains one of the most significant for both institutions. The modern police and modern newspaper developed contemporaneously, each influencing the form, function, and popular appeal of the other. Theories of media and power, however, often address the police as part of larger power structures and ignore the unique police-media institutional relationship. This research paper establishes essential characteristics of the police-media relationship and identifies frequent sites of interaction between them, with a focus on crime reporting. Media effects, dominant ideology, and institutional approaches are then assessed as interpretive frameworks, concluding that institutional theory provides the strongest theoretical model for analyzing internal and interorganizational behaviours. The professional norms and practices that compose police and media institutional logics are defined, and their historical origins and evolutions are investigated. These long-established logics continue to direct how police and media construct and respond to crime, and consequently how crime is perceived by the public and treated by legal authorities. Because the habits of crime reporting shape policing practices, altering routine media coverage of crime and police issues may help address systemic problems in policing

MEDIA RADIO SEBAGAI PUBLIC SPHERE DALAM PEMBENTUKAN OPINI PUBLIK

This paper describes the phenomenon of radio in Indonesia is experiencing a revival since the collapse of the new order and the emergence of democratic society and freedom of opinion and freedom of the press. However, of the approximately 948 radio in Indonesia which consists of 750 licensed commercial radio , radio 146 which is managed by the government and 52 radio station RRI , only about 35 radio stations are broadcasting organizes public opinion or provide a public space for the listener. Yet radio has the power as a specialized mass media , have raised the character of local knowledge , including the various problems in society that are local

STRATEGI HUMAS POLDA JATENG DALAM MEMBANGUN HUBUNGAN BAIK DENGAN MEDIA

PR has a major role in the functional and operational in an effort to communicate the information / publishing to internal and external public about policies that are good and beneficial to society at large, because the system performance is conducted by government agencies serve and protect the public with the best for the welfare of society. PR perform the function of communication with a harmonious relationship with external stakeholders ie, print and electronic journalists (media relations). The media has the power to shape public opinion. PR incompetence in dealing with the media, it will cause the news is not favorable for the organization of a negative image. The purpose of this study is to describe the strategy of what is being done part of Central Java Police Public Relations in building good relations with the media.Communication strategy is a blend of the communication plan (communication planning) with the management of communication (communication management).Strategy is the overall approach to a program or campaign, the strategy is also a coordinating factor, which became the guiding principle, the main idea and tactical thinking behind the program, according to Anne Gregory (2004: 2). Data collection tool was interviews with Kasubbid Documentation and Publication and external stakeholders. media relations activities in the form of a press conference; press releases; interactive dialogue, a press room; gatherings; newspaper clippings; press tour; special event; media visits but a public relations media relations activity to do needed improvements include the programs implemented, not all employees know, when implementing the media relations every year the budget is not fixed interfere with the implementation, and system services to the public, and the lack of information disclosure to reporters. Central Java Police Public Relations has conducted activities according to phases of the procedure. However, in operations still find problems, which still lack the presence of journalists on the information provided by the agency and the absence of a suggestion box or criticism in the public relations function to accommodate the aspirations of the journalists. So far the media relations activities undertaken by the Central Java Police Public Relations practitioners have worked, quite well and in accordance with the objectives planned by the company