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0000-0002-3637-5635
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University of Adelaide
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Publisher: Intellect
Date: 06-2021
DOI: 10.1386/AJR_00057_1
Abstract: The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 had an immediate and far-reaching impact on newspaper publishing in regional Australia. Scores of publications around the country ceased printing temporarily or permanently, creating ‘news deserts’ in some towns and regions, and significantly reducing access to local news in others. In response to this, local news start-ups began emerging in towns and regions across the country. Business models, publication frequency and other characteristics vary widely, but one characteristic that is widely shared is an emphasis on community engagement and local interests. This extends beyond the provision of local news to narratives highlighting multi-layered engagement with and support for communities. By engaging with communities as more than providers of news, these outlets may also be positioning themselves to support local social capital. This article explores key themes and ideas in the community-focused narratives of a purposive s le of start-up local news outlets to consider how their strategies of community connection and interaction may also contribute to social capital.
Publisher: Intellect
Date: 06-2022
DOI: 10.1386/AJR_00091_7
Abstract: This article explores links between the Australian press and the marketization of aged care in Australia. By using critical discourse analysis as a research tool, and a data set of 61 news articles from eight mainstream Australian newspapers published in April 2012 and August 2013, this article argues that dominant discourses around ageing in the s led newspapers are in the language of economic rationalism, and aged care is constructed as a commodity. Elderly people are constructed mainly as consumers of aged care, reflecting and reinforcing official narratives towards the marketization of care. The study from which this article is drawn found that most Australian journalists not only relayed official messages about the commodification of aged care without critical engagement, but also included few opposing opinions.
Publisher: University of Adelaide Press
Date: 31-12-2016
DOI: 10.20851/PUBLICS-08
Publisher: Intellect
Date: 11-2020
DOI: 10.1386/AJR_00032_7
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