Does the Media Fail Aboriginal Political Aspirations?

For too long Australia's media has failed to communicate First Nations political aspirations. This study by Indigenous researchers examines 45 years of media responses to First Nations initiatives. Their analysis exposes how the media frames and develops stories, and supports historical narratives that undermine Indigenous aspirations. Media professionals, First Nations communities and anyone seeking to test media truth-telling and understand how Indigenous desires and hopes have been...
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For too long Australia's media has failed to communicate First Nations political aspirations. This study by Indigenous researchers examines 45 years of media responses to First Nations initiatives. Their analysis exposes how the media frames and develops stories, and supports historical narratives that undermine Indigenous aspirations. Media professionals, First Nations communities and anyone seeking to test media truth-telling and understand how Indigenous desires and hopes have been expressed, and represented, in recent political history will want to read this book.