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'Shadow publics’ in the news coverage of socio-political issues

Rupar, V; Munshi,Kurian, Fraser
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Abstract
Coverage of contentious socio-political issues in the news media often involves the creation of shadow publics that facilitate journalistic framing strategies. These publics are not easily identifiable but exert significant persuasive power by virtue of the authority ascribed to them. This article explores how the media create and legitimize certain shadow publics which then go on to influence public policy. The findings of the paper come out of an examination of the extensive newspaper coverage of two highly-debated issues – immigration and genetic modification – in New Zealand between1998-2002. Although the coverage of the two issues was dramatically different, it was apparent that particular sections of the population were given greater voice over others in newspapers via the seemingly neutral yet strongly-opinionated and influential shadow publics.
Keywords
Journalism; Shadow publics; Framing; Immigration; Genetic modification; Neoliberalism; New Zealand
Date
2014
Source
Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism, vol.15(1), pp. 89-108
Item Type
Journal Article
Publisher
Sage
DOI
10.1177/1464884912473393
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Authors retain the right to place his/her pre-publication version of the work on a personal website or institutional repository. This article may not exactly replicate the final version published. It is not the copy of record. The final, definitive version of this paper has been published by SAGE Publications Ltd. All rights reserved. © 2014. (please see Citation and Publisher’s Version).

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