Title: Reporting Inclusivity: The Northern Ireland Women's Coalition, the News Media and the North Ireland Peace Process
Abstract:This article is an investigation into how the news media dealt with the politics and ideas of the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition in the build-up to the Good Friday Agreement of 1998. Drawing on in...This article is an investigation into how the news media dealt with the politics and ideas of the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition in the build-up to the Good Friday Agreement of 1998. Drawing on interview material carried out with representatives of the NIWC who were actively involved within the peace process at that time, it assesses the responsiveness of news towards positions taken by the NIWC and considers the implications of reporting in relation to NIWC discourse about inclusiveness and equality. This article brings to light a general lack of interest in party ideas by the news media, which is symptomatic of journalism obsessed with the competitiveness and negativity of male dominated politics.Read More
Publication Year: 2004
Publication Date: 2004-11-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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