Racial Discrimination and Political Bias on Talkback Radio in New Zealand

Assessing the Evidence

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ID10362217
AuthorsKate Mcmillan (0000-0003-1408-2994, Kate McMillan is a lecturer in Political Science at Victoria University of Wellington. Her research and teaching interests include the politics of international migration, citizenship, and the relationship between media and politics.., corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume57
Issue2
Pages75-91
Publication date2005-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolitical Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-3187 • E-ISSN: 2041-0611
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/003231870505700208
OpenAlexW2057668678
LanguageEN
Citations received2

Talkback radio has the reputation of being dominated by politically conservative hosts with a penchant for using controversial and divisive issues – particularly those relating to racial or ethnic conflict – to maximise audiences. This has led some analysts in Australia to see talkback as providing a vehicle for the anti-immigration, anti-multicultural politics of populist right-wing parties. In this paper the validity of these claims in the New Zealand context is assessed by examining complaints lodged with the Broadcasting Standards Authority in 2004-2005. While analysis of these cases reveals that New Zealand places a laudably high value on freedom of speech, it also highlights those peculiarities of the talkback genre which make academic research on it particularly challenging. The article thus concludes with some methodological suggestions for research designed to furthe R our understanding of the relationship between talkback and contemporary New Zealand politics

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