1st Edition

Social Work, the Media and Public Relations (Routledge Revivals)

Edited By Bob Franklin, Nigel Parton Copyright 2014
256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

Over the past few decades, relationships between social workers and the media have become increasingly challenging. Social workers feel aggrieved by media reporting of their profession and believe that journalists lack sufficient knowledge and experience of the social services to report matters adequately and sensitively, whilst some journalists have urged social workers to adopt a more proactive... Read more

List of tables and figures; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Media Reporting of Social Work 1. Media reporting of social work: a framework for analysis Bob Franklin and Nigel Parton; Part II: Journalists, Broadcasters and Public Images of Social Work 2. The professional press: social work talking to itself Terry Philpot 3. Reporting social work: a view from the newsroom Anne Fry 4. Social work: ‘image’ and images on television David Perrin 5. Do-gooders on display: social work, public attitudes and the mass media Peter Golding; Part III: Social Work under Scrutiny 6. A receptacle for public anger Martin Ruddock 7. Social work and the media: pitfalls and possibilities Valerie Howarth 8. Hidden agendas and moral messages: social workers and the press Louis Blom-Cooper 9. Press reporting of Kincora Marie Smyth; Part IV: Remedies and Strategies: Improving the Public Image 10. Promoting positive images of people with learning difficulties: problems and strategies Steve Dowson 11. Growing old in the eyes of the media Tim Dant and Malcolm Johnson 12. Running a campaign: appropriate strategies for changing times Rom White 13. Speaking up: community action and the media John Callaghan 14. Public relations and social services: a view from the statutory sector Lynne Walder 15. The social work profession and professional public relations Sally Arkley and David Jones; References; Index

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Bob Franklin, Nigel Parton