Title: Bridging our differences: comparing mainstream and Indigenous media coverage of Corroboree 2000
Abstract: The Council fur Aboriginal Reconciliation's 10 years' work towards exploring a pathway to reconciliation between lndigenous and non-Indigenous Australians culminated in Corroboree 2000 ceremony and bridge walks on May 27 and 28, 2000. This paper presents a snapshot of race reportage at turn of century by comparing how four mainstream and Indigenous newspapers covered this event. Articles from a sample drawn from four newspapers were subjected to a content and discursive analysis. Findings from this study suggest that while there has been improvement in media coverage of Indigenous issues of past, mainstream media are still placing too much emphasis on conflict and prominent people such as Prime Minister John Howard as news values. Indigenous people were still presented as the problem in coverage of Corroboree 2000 and onus was on Indigenous people to bring about reconciliation. Neither Indigenous nor mainstream media took advantage of a unique opportunity to help create a reconciled Australia.
Publication Year: 2004
Publication Date: 2004-07-01
Language: en
Type: article
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