250 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
by
Routledge
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Social work has recently received some dreadful news coverage, but the most extravagant headlines and accusations centre on local authority social work with children. Moreover, such accusations stem almost exclusively from the national press. In Making Social Work News, Meryl Aldridge widens the debate of social work and its representation by the news media. The book falls into three parts, the... Read more
Introduction Part I News and newspapers 1 How the press works Part II The case studies 2 A child dies 3 Abuse is alleged 4 Elderly people—the invisible clients 5 Courting coverage—probation and the press 6 Good news about social work Part III Social work news and society 7 Reacting to attack 8 Professions, the state and social work 9 Social work and the press: the prospects for peace
Biography
Meryl Aldridge is Senior Lecturer in Social Studies at the University of Nottingham.
Meryl Aldridge provides a well-informed an dinformative account of the representation of a range of social work issues in the media. ... a book that breaks new ground in helping us t understand the relationship between social work and the news media. ... it is a welcome addition to the literature makes a number of important and significant points and in the process, provides, considerable empirical evidence to illustrate and support the points of debate.' - British Journal of Social Work
`... really useful and readable account of how social work has been treated by the media, ... essential reading for CPOs and for all students. This short review cannot do justice to the thorough and convincing analysis and the useful pointers for developing a strategy.' - Probation Journal
`This book has much to interest all those concerned with contemporary British society and I hope its readership will extend beyond those who are interested in social work, the media and sociology' - Issues in Social Work Education
