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‘It’s the Nature of the Beast’: Responses from the Media and Other ‘Moral Entrepreneurs’

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Children, Young People and the Press in a Transitioning Society

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This chapter’s analysis compares and contrasts the views of the interviewees with regard to the key themes drawn from the literature review, as well as prominent themes that emerged from the content analysis and case study. Part I critically explores the role of the media in the ‘new’ Northern Ireland, focusing on the procedures and practices used by the media organisations in presenting the news items analysed in previous chapters. Part II explores the meanings and interpretations editors and journalists attach to media coverage of children and young people. It assesses the relationship between the state, state agencies and the media. Part III analyses the views of interviewees with regard to their current and future engagement with children, young people and advocates.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    The PSNI Inspector presented his personal reflections as the architect of the PSNI’s Operation Exposure initiative and as the officer responsible for the implementation of the ‘official policy’. During the interview the Inspector referred to several policy documents, which he subsequently gave the researcher access to, via e-mail.

  2. 2.

    For reference key see Appendix 2.

  3. 3.

    As outlined in Chap. 1, ‘the Troubles’ is a reference to the Conflict in Northern Ireland.

  4. 4.

    This is a colloquial term for what is most commonly known as the Irish Republican Army (IRA).

  5. 5.

    This interviewee refers to the high profile case of the murder of Harry Holland in West Belfast, see: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/family-seeking-tough-sentences-over-harry-holland-murder-14359177.html (accessed on 12 August 2009).

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Gordon, F. (2018). ‘It’s the Nature of the Beast’: Responses from the Media and Other ‘Moral Entrepreneurs’. In: Children, Young People and the Press in a Transitioning Society. Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-60682-2_6

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