The Media's Role in Social Inclusion and Exclusion

Definitions of social inclusion and exclusion are fluid, and researchers and policy-makers have not agreed upon an all-encompassing definition. For wider society, social inclusion requires the transformation of these emerging definitions into ‘lived experience’ and actions. For the media, reporting on social inclusion is complicated by the confusion about what social inclusion is and to whom it is intended to apply, and by the gap between the ideal and the slower pace of societal change. Until recently, media studies researchers have focused largely on the issue of social exclusion and the media. The goal of this themed issue of MIA is to address some of the gaps in scholarly knowledge about the media's role in social inclusion and exclusion, and the context of that role within the wider social and political discourses. Our aim is to move beyond existing understandings of the media's role in social exclusion to look at spaces and places where there have been attempts to provide inclusion and whether they have worked, but also what issues and problems might have beset them.

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Educational Quasi-Market in Chile: The Discourse of Policy Makers

Education Policy Analysis Archives ◽

10.14507/epaa.v16n8.2008 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 16 ◽

pp. 8 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Claudio Almonacid ◽

Antonio Luzón ◽

Mónica Torres

Keyword(s):

Social Exclusion ◽

Educational System ◽

Social Inclusion ◽

Free Market ◽

Transition Process ◽

Constitutional Rights ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Educational Decentralization ◽

Decentralization Policy

The Chilean educational system is characterized by the functioning of a cuasi (free) market, in which increasing degrees of administrative, financial and curricular decentralization take place within a context where two constitutional rights are in conflict: the right to (free) education and the freedom of teaching. This conflict arose from the design and implementation of said decentralization policy due to its negative effects in the processes of social inclusion of children and youngsters. In order to understand why those two constitutional rights are in conflict, it must be taken into account that such decentralization policy was designed by the military regime (1973-1990) as one of several neoliberal policies implemented in many different fields of the Chilean society, and that said policy has been kept in effect by the subsequent administrations of the “Concertación de Partidos por la Democracia” (Coalition of Parties for Democracy) (since 1990 to present) in a so called “transition process to democracy.” This research paper is intended to understand how the process of educational decentralization was conceived and how the system is in effect up to the present, as well as to understand the effects it has had on the process of social exclusion. To do that, the views of selected policy makers who have had active participation in this process are analyzed. First, there is a reference to the way the Chilean educational system works, and then the opinions of several educational policy makers about the processes of educational decentralization and social exclusion are analyzed.

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'Me and the 5 P's': Negotiating Rights-Based Critical Disabilities Studies and Social Inclusion

The International Journal of Children s Rights ◽

10.1163/157181808x301827 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 249-262 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Shannon Moore ◽

John Davis ◽

Luke Melchior

Keyword(s):

Lived Experience ◽

Social Exclusion ◽

Power Relations ◽

Social Inclusion ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

Child Rights

AbstractThis paper presents an integration of insights from critical disabilities studies, child rights and social exclusion in theory and practice and is conceptualized from two keynote presentations given by Dr. John Davis and Mr. Luke Melchior at Investment and Citizenship Towards a Transdisciplinary Dialogue in Child Rights, at Brock University Canada. In addition, the lived experience of disability is at the centre of this discussion rather than being the object of inquiry, providing a nuanced experiential perspective. The aim of this collaboration is to emphasise that young peoples' rights from the perspective of critical disabilities studies may be informed by an analysis of power relations and the five principles of protection, prevention, provision, participation, and perception (5 P's).

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THE IDEOLOGICAL ORIENTATION OF THE NEW DAWN PROJECT

The Hong Kong Journal of Social Work ◽

10.1142/s0219246208000089 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 42 (01n02) ◽

pp. 105-117 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

SAM WAI-KAM YU

Keyword(s):

Social Exclusion ◽

Social Inclusion ◽

Welfare To Work ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Market Values ◽

Reform Measure ◽

Private Market ◽

The Government ◽

Ideological Dimension ◽

Socially Excluded

This paper is concerned with the ideological dimension of the New Dawn project. It focuses on two analytical tasks. The first is to show that this project is not an independent reform measure. Instead it is a part of a series of pro-market welfare-to-work programmes launched by the Government to tackle social exclusion. The second is concerned with the debate on the desirability of this project in reducing social exclusion. As the design of this project is heavily indebted to market values, it is highly supported by those analysts and policy-makers who stress the importance of the labour market in helping socially excluded groups achieve social inclusion but it receives criticisms from those analysts who question the ability of the private market in tackling social exclusion. By carrying out these two tasks, the paper raises our awareness of the fact that whether people support the New Dawn project or not reflects not only their judgment on the effectiveness of this project in meeting the needs of single parents and carers on the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance scheme but also their views on market ideologies.

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Pushed to the abyss of exclusion: ICT and social exclusion in developing countries

Journal of Information Communication and Ethics in Society ◽

10.1108/14779960910955837 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 7 (2/3) ◽

pp. 119-127 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Richard I.C. Tambulasi

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Social Exclusion ◽

Social Inclusion ◽

Conceptual Analysis ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Information Communication Technologies ◽

Information Communication ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Content Type ◽

Socially Excluded

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyse the extent to which information communication technologies (ICTs) have worked as instruments of perpetuating social exclusion in developing countries.Design/methodology/approachThe paper uses theoretical and conceptual analysis method based on an extensive survey of literature. It greatly draws from the theoretical and empirical insights of social policy sub disciplines of social inclusion/exclusion and social aspects of ICTs.FindingsThe paper finds that ICTs in developing countries work to further social marginalization and exclusion. The argument is that developing countries already experience high levels of social exclusion and as a result, ICTs deepen this exclusion.Originality/valueTheoretically, the paper contributes to the development of literature on the impacts of ICTs in developing countries which are in most cases only assumed. The paper is also pivotal for policy analysis purposes as it informs policy makers on appropriate interventions that can ensure sustainable integration of the socially excluded groups in developing countries. In addition, this paper creates a research sub area for further empirical analysis.

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‘I'm Alright, Thanks’: Non-Conformity and the Media Framing of Social Inclusion

Media International Australia ◽

10.1177/1329878x1214200109 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 142 (1) ◽

pp. 64-73 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Collette Snowden

Keyword(s):

National Identity ◽

Cultural Values ◽

Social Inclusion ◽

Media Framing ◽

Social Disadvantage ◽

Media Representations ◽

Media Reporting ◽

The Media ◽

Media Discourses ◽

Academic Discourses

The concept of social inclusion generally is discussed as an ideal to which there is no opposition, and to which policy and practices in society necessarily must be directed. This article discusses how current notions of social inclusion in policy, academic and media discourses are related to historical representations of social disadvantage. It also discusses how social inclusion policies and ideas in Australia accord with cultural values and ideals of egalitarianism, but conflict with the values of non-conformity and anti-authoritarianism celebrated in the national identity. It examines how the media framing of social inclusion is influenced by the received understanding and historic representation of social inclusion, as well as how media representations of non-conformity in Australia are framed by a mythology of Australian journalists and journalism as larrikins and non-conformist. It argues that while media framing of social inclusion frequently reflects and promotes the dominant perspective as constructed by government and academic discourses, Australian media reporting is able at times to provide a positive alternative to the homogenising and bureaucratic view of social inclusion by championing and celebrating non-conformity and anti-authoritarianism.

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MODEL PARTISIPASI MASYARAKAT DALAM PEMBENTUKAN PERATURAN DAERAH MENURUT UNDANG-UNDANG REPUBLIK INDONESIA NOMOR 23 TAHUN 2014 TENTANG PEMERINTAHAN DAERAH

Perspektif Hukum ◽

10.30649/phj.v17i2.167 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 167

Author(s):

King Sulaiman

Keyword(s):

Public Participation ◽

Regional Government ◽

Legal Research ◽

Conceptual Approach ◽

Political Will ◽

Policy Makers ◽

The Public ◽

The Media ◽

Sufficient Space ◽

The Ideal

Abstract : This research aims to find out and explain juridical issues about the model used in the formation of regional laws based on Law Number 23 of 2014 and the inhibiting factors of public participation. The ideal alternative model for the preparation of future Regional Regulations. The research method is in the form of normative legal research (legal research) which originates from primary legal materials, secondary legal materials and tertiary legal materials. Statute approach dan conceptual approach. In this study using descriptivequalitative analysis. Research comes to the conclusion that the 2014 Law Number 23 Year has guaranteed the space for public participation, but the participation model has not been comprehensively regulated. There are various factors inhibiting public participation, such as the political will of policy makers (DPRD and Regional Government), and the attitudes of the public and the media. Finally, a low regulatory factor and a bureaucratic culture that does not provide sufficient space for public participation in the formation of regional regulations. In the future there must be ideal participation models in regional regulations that are clearly regulated in formal regulations, including: First, the public must be actively involved in every stage of the formation of regional regulations. Second, establish permanent cooperation with the formation of regional regulations (DPRD and local government) in providing input on material that will be regulated in the regulations.

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Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution? Social Housing Allocation Policies and Social Exclusion in Britain

Journal of Social Policy ◽

10.1017/s0047279402006797 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 31 (4) ◽

pp. 643-667 ◽

Cited By ~ 32

Author(s):

HAL PAWSON ◽

KEITH KINTREA

Keyword(s):

Social Exclusion ◽

Social Housing ◽

Social Inclusion ◽

Community Sustainability ◽

Residential Areas ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Individual Level ◽

Residential Communities ◽

The One ◽

The Individual

This article examines claims that social housing allocations policies can, on the one hand, contribute to and on the other, counter, social exclusion. In setting the scene, the paper investigates connections between housing processes and social exclusion and describes the development of social housing allocations systems over the past few decades. Drawing on evidence from two recently completed national studies in England and Scotland it shows that allocation policies contribute to social exclusion in three main ways. First, a large proportion of social landlords restrict eligibility for social housing thereby contributing directly to exclusion. Second, mechanisms within allocation systems continue to segregate the most excluded to the worst residential areas. Third, through the 1990s allocation policies became increasingly coercive, so reducing or eliminating tenant choice over their own housing in distinct contrast to the choice that is available in the private market. The paper then reviews the dilemmas faced by policy-makers: whilst aspects of allocations contribute to social exclusion at the individual level, they may be justified by their role in promoting sustainable residential communities. Although there are hopes that the ‘choice-based’ approaches to lettings which emerged in the late 1990s can both boost community sustainability and counter the disabling impact of coercive approaches, the article suggests it is unlikely that such methods can significantly enhance social inclusion as long as social housing remains a housing sector of last resort, with in-built disadvantages.

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Moralisk exkludering - om tiggare i medier i Norr- och Västerbotten

Socialvetenskaplig tidskrift ◽

10.3384/svt.2015.22.1.2352 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Bo Nilsson

Keyword(s):

Social Exclusion ◽

Social Inclusion ◽

Meaning Making ◽

Public Spaces ◽

Media Representations ◽

Vulnerable Group ◽

The North ◽

Majority Population ◽

The World ◽

The Media

Morality and exclusion – media representations of beggars in the north of SwedenMany public poor from Romania and Bulgaria arrived in the northern parts of Sweden in 2013 and especially in 2014, and a majority of them supported themselves by begging. The media described this new phenomenon in various ways, for example by reporting on how people (Swedes) were outraged because of all the beggars in public spaces. Others, however, described it as if the north of Sweden (finally) had become a part of the rest of the world. This paper discusses how newspapers in Norrbotten and Västerbotten (two large provinces in the north of Sweden) reported on beggars in 2013 and 2014. The overall aim is to qualitatively describe and analyse how the media reported on the beggars, and to discuss the media representations in terms of social inclusion and social exclusion as well as the meanings of morality. This means that the paper examines how journalists and other writers position beggars in relation to a majority population. The aim is also to investigate how journalists and other writers position themselves as moral subjects when they report on this vulnerable group of people. The study identifies four overarching discourses of beggars, and all of these are characterized by social exclusion of beggars even though the writers show inclusive ambitions on moral grounds. One reason for this is found in a subject-object logic that represents an organizing meaning-making principle in all discourses and that results in a categorization of people into “us” versus “them”, with the beggars representing the latter.

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Reframing social exclusion from science communication: moving away from ‘barriers’ towards a more complex perspective

Journal of Science Communication ◽

10.22323/2.13020302 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 13 (02) ◽

pp. C02 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Emily Dawson

Keyword(s):

Social Exclusion ◽

Science Communication ◽

Social Inclusion ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Important Field ◽

Communication Practices ◽

Research And Policy

Science communication is an increasingly important field of activity, research and policy. It should not be assumed however, that science communication practices provide equitable and empowering opportunities for everyone. Social exclusion, inclusion and equity are key challenges for practitioners, researchers, policy makers and funders involved with science communication. In this commentary I reflect on the limitations of the ‘barriers approach to understanding social inclusion and exclusion from science communication and argue instead that a more complex perspective is needed. I conclude that placing equity at the heart of science communication is crucial for developing more inclusive science communication practices.

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