Title The myth of privilege : aboriginal status, media visions, public ideas / Steve Mickler

Published Fremantle, W.A. : Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1998

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W'PONDS	302.230899915 Mic/Pas		AVAILABLE
W'PONDS	302.230899915 Mic/Pas		AVAILABLE

Description 346 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm Contents 1. Constructing disorder:policing, news and Aboriginal youth -- 2. Demagoguery over democracy:racism and talkback radio -- 3. Denizens to citizens:Aboriginal status and the press -- 4. Paupers in a first world nation -- 5. The making of mundane 'Privilege' -- 6. The 'Robespierre' of the air -- 7. Citizens foremost":towards a practical ethics of representation -- 8. Sovereignty as the right to be ordinary Summary The idea, and the myth of Aboriginal privilege. Examines the role of the media, particularly news reporting and talk back radio-in the creation of the idea. As a result, a march of 30,000 people on Parliament achieved the harshest penalties for juvenile crime in the country Analysis Aborigines Attitudes Mass media Opinion manipulation Perth Race relations Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 331-338 Subject Aboriginal Australians in mass media. Aboriginal Australians -- Mass media Aboriginal Australians -- Press coverage. Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions. Mass media and minorities -- Australia. Mass media and minorities -- Australia -- Western Australia. Mass media and race relations -- Australia. Mass media and race relations -- Australia -- Western Australia. Racism -- Australia -- Western Australia. Radio talk shows -- Australia -- Western Australia. Television talk shows -- Australia -- Western Australia. SUBJECT Australia -- Ethnic relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007005690 -- Political aspects. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005651 Author Fremantle Arts Centre Press. LC no. 00300348 ISBN 186368249X

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