A lack of investigation? Reporting Tampa in Australia and Norway
Document Type
Journal Article
Publisher
University of Queensland, School of Journalism and Communication
School
School of Communications and Multimedia
RAS ID
3651
Abstract
This article qualitatively assesses the reporting of the Tampa crisis in two national and two local papers in Norway and Australia. Special consideration is given to routines of reporting and how these routines rely on official sources. Its findings are that the coverage, in three of the papers, was shaped by favouring government sources and the episodic reporting of the quickly unfolding events. All but one paper chose their government's standpoint as their news frame and accordingly pursued no further investigation. Only the Australian gave the government's actions far greater scrutiny and attacked the government's policy on asylum seekers in its opinion pieces and editorials.
Comments
Josephi, B.U., Sjobrend, L. (2005). A lack of investigation? Reporting Tampa in Australia and Norway. Australian Studies in Journalism. 15. 92 - 118. Publishers website available here.