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Representations of Young Indigenous Men in Mainstream News Media Coverage of the 'gang of 49'

Bibliographic Data

ID12948113
AuthorsClemence Due (0000-0001-6485-6076, The University of Adelaide, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume6
Issue2
Pages41-52
Publication date2013-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1837-0144 • E-ISSN: 1837-0144
PublisherQueensland University of Technology (PUBLISHER • AU)
DOI10.5204/ijcis.v6i2.102
OpenAlexW3099395451
LanguageEN
References cited17

This paper considers representations of the so-called ‘gang of 49’ which appeared in the mainstream news in Australia from late 2007. In particular, it focuses on how Indigenous masculinity is associated with discourses of criminal behavior, delinquency, violence, and aggression within this media coverage. In examining these gendered discourses of violence, the paper also considers the ways in which the mainstream news media justified its extensive coverage of the so-called ‘gang of 49’ through recourse to the protection of public safety and security, thereby explicitly representing Indigenous males as a threat to the mainstream Australian community. Finally, the implications of this representation are considered in light of previous calls for accountability within the mainstream news media in relation to its coverage of issues concerning marginalised groups of people

Accountability · Aggression · Criminology · Indigenous · Juvenile delinquency · Mainstream · Masculinity · Media studies · News media · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology