Aboriginal Identities
Media Representation of Aboriginality
Before you get bogged down in too much research, watch or read these analyses of media representation from ABC's Mediawatch:
Andrew Bolt and the Herald Sun on Trial [http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s3181946.html]
Will the ABC apologise to Bolt [http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s3965544.htm]
adam Goodes and the Race Debate [http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s4286254.htm]
An introduction to how to analyse representation of Aboriginals can be found at Charles Darwin University [http://learnline.cdu.edu.au/units/aht313/aboriginality/representation.html]. Although this is about art, you can apply most of the same critiques to the news. If you are interested in this perspective, ask Ms Carmyn for a copy of "Orientalism" and other introductions to post-colonialism. A theoretical study of the process of "othering" can be found in this article [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02560049885310051].
Creative Spirit [http://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/politics/media-coverage-of-aboriginal-issues#axzz3rFlpSFDW], a site about all things Aboriginal, offers an excellent critique of the mainstream media's coverage of Aboriginal news and The Lowitja Institute [http://www.lowitja.org.au/indigenous-mainstream-print-media] refers to a study analysing indigenous references in three key newspapers. contact the institute to find out more.
Kim Bullimore takes a historical persepective [http://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1265&context=apme] about the politics of representing Aboriginality. Aboriginals are represented by many journalists as criminals [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14443059509387200?,journalCode=rjau20]
Jaqui Ewart researches journalists perspectives [http://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1216&context=apme] while Greg Gardiner discusses the way Aboriginal athletes were reported during the Sydney Olympics [http://jss.sagepub.com/content/27/3/233.short].
Andrew Bolt and the Herald Sun on Trial [http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s3181946.html]
Will the ABC apologise to Bolt [http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s3965544.htm]
adam Goodes and the Race Debate [http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s4286254.htm]
An introduction to how to analyse representation of Aboriginals can be found at Charles Darwin University [http://learnline.cdu.edu.au/units/aht313/aboriginality/representation.html]. Although this is about art, you can apply most of the same critiques to the news. If you are interested in this perspective, ask Ms Carmyn for a copy of "Orientalism" and other introductions to post-colonialism. A theoretical study of the process of "othering" can be found in this article [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02560049885310051].
Creative Spirit [http://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/politics/media-coverage-of-aboriginal-issues#axzz3rFlpSFDW], a site about all things Aboriginal, offers an excellent critique of the mainstream media's coverage of Aboriginal news and The Lowitja Institute [http://www.lowitja.org.au/indigenous-mainstream-print-media] refers to a study analysing indigenous references in three key newspapers. contact the institute to find out more.
Kim Bullimore takes a historical persepective [http://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1265&context=apme] about the politics of representing Aboriginality. Aboriginals are represented by many journalists as criminals [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14443059509387200?,journalCode=rjau20]
Jaqui Ewart researches journalists perspectives [http://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1216&context=apme] while Greg Gardiner discusses the way Aboriginal athletes were reported during the Sydney Olympics [http://jss.sagepub.com/content/27/3/233.short].