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Focus on the mediaArticles presented in the media report on current and sometimes controversial events which often do not reflect the breadth of perspectives on a particular issue. This section features articles relevant to contemporary issues of cultural, linguistic and religious diversity, including racism, and encourages students to analyse these articles critically. Feature article1. Media must take responsibility for perceptions they help shape 2. Prejudice in any form shames us 3. Islam and its Catholic connection Reference 1 Web link: 1.Media must take responsibility for perceptions they help shape Publisher: Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission media release Date: 13 April 2007 Reference 2 Web link: 2. Prejudice in any form shames us Publisher: The Sun-Herald Date: 18 June 2006 Reference 3 Web link: 3. Islam and its Catholic connection Publisher: The Sydney Morning Herald Date: 04 May 2007 1. Media, journalists and commentators must continue to take their responsibilities seriously, National Race Discrimination Commissioner Tom Calma asserted today. 2. If a person behaves badly, the bad behaviour should be criticised, not the ethnicity or other characteristics of the person concerned. But the perpetrators of bad behaviour, whether in the street or the boardroom, play a cowardly game when they try to discredit legitimate attacks on them as being solely or even partly the product of prejudice suggests Hugh Mackay. 3. A calm assessment of the Muslim contribution to Australian life would focus not on alleged differences but on the criteria used with Catholic, Anglican, Buddhist, Jewish, Hindu and Uniting churches, synagogues and temples argues Peter Manning in the Opinion section of The Sydney Morning Herald. Archive of previously featured articles Analysing the Media ReportTo analyse a report critically, students should use the following checklist also provided for downloading at the bottom of this page.Student checklistContext1. Where and when was this report (first) published? 2. Who wrote the report? Content 3. Write down the title or headline, and any subheadings or captions. Describe any photographs or graphics used in the report. 4. Summarise the first paragraph of the report. 5. What is the topic of the report? 6. What other news items, issues or subjects does the report relate to? Point of view 7. Are there any quotes used in the report? If so, who is quoted, what and how much do they say, and in what order are the quotes arranged? 8. Are different points of view presented? Are there any points of view which are not represented in the report? Is any one point of view more prominent or more favourably represented than others? Language 9. Compare the way in which different individuals and groups of people have been identified or labelled in the report. Analyse the noun phrases used to refer to different people or groups. 10. Consider the denotations and connotations of the verbs, adjectives, adverbs and descriptive phrases and clauses which are associated with various individuals and groups of people in the report. Graphics 11. What aspects of the report do the photos and/or diagrams illustrate? 12. How do the images and graphics relate to each other? 13. What messages do these images convey to the reader or the viewer? Layout 14. Where is the report situated in terms of the total publication or program? With what news or other items is it juxtaposed? 15. How are the various elements within the report arranged? What draws the reader's or viewer's attention to the report? Discussion and further research 16. Is there evidence of any racial bias or stereotyping in the report? 17. How was this event reported by other news sources? Download File: |
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