“Whispers on the wind”: social inclusion and the media

Abstract

The idea that the media may be connected or intertwined with social movements is not new, and this paper seeks to examine some questions that arise from thinking about the history of the media in the Western world. There are a range of questions that demand exploration with the conflation of the two discourses: Has the media enabled, demanded or actively created a space for the inclusion of varying groups in society and how has this been done? Is it that the movements would have existed without the transmission of their central ideas through the media? Have those

Broadening notions of ‘missing persons’ to increase social inclusion, public empathy and healing: Considering the case of children missing through adoption

“…Some persons or groups are not heard or valued as legitimate participants in their society, their stories are excluded, and they are hindered from actioning their own personal agency and resources. Perpetuation of such exclusion is advanced through social reproduction and legitimised meta-narratives (Bourdieu, 1977;Chamberlain, 2011;Commonwealth of Australia, DEEWR, 2009;Hancox, 2011;Lareau, & McNamara Horvat, 1999). Meta-narratives limit, exclude and stereotype those persons whose experiences or reality falls outside the "pre-scribed" social norms (Meininger, 2010, p. 196;Swartz, 1992).…”

Broadening notions of ‘missing persons’ to increase social inclusion, public empathy and healing: Considering the case of children missing through adoption

“…Some persons or groups are not heard or valued as legitimate participants in their society, their stories are excluded, and they are hindered from actioning their own personal agency and resources. Perpetuation of such exclusion is advanced through social reproduction and legitimised meta-narratives (Bourdieu, 1977;Chamberlain, 2011;Commonwealth of Australia, DEEWR, 2009;Hancox, 2011;Lareau, & McNamara Horvat, 1999). Meta-narratives limit, exclude and stereotype those persons whose experiences or reality falls outside the "pre-scribed" social norms (Meininger, 2010, p. 196;Swartz, 1992).…”