Still the ‘trusty anvil’?: media perspectives on adoption reform in England
A content analysis examined adoption coverage in five British national daily newspapers and their Sunday counterparts during 2010–2014. Coverage generally supported government adoption reforms. Race and ethnicity received particularly frequent attention; the analysis characterised some reporting of ethnic matching as exaggerated or misleading.
Limitations: The findings concern selected newspapers in a historical period, not public opinion or adoptee outcomes. Content coding involves interpretation and cannot establish the effects of coverage on adoption policy or individual readers. Publication relationship: this research was published by BAAF or in its Adoption & Fostering journal, now associated with CoramBAAF, an adoption-sector organisation. Publication does not establish that the organisation conducted the research; readers may take the institutional relationship into account.
- Research type
- Media content analysis
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Mixed
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: Mixed
Adoption context: Mixed adoption pathways
Programme: Kirton adoption reform press-content study
Institutional context: Adoption-sector advocacy/service organisation
Publication relationship: this research was published by BAAF or in its Adoption & Fostering journal, now associated with CoramBAAF, an adoption-sector organisation. Publication does not establish that the organisation conducted the research; readers may take the institutional relationship into account.
Relationship identified. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: adoption system, Media representation, race
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: England (British press coverage)
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Entry: study_71cbbab74e6f2e5e