(De)racializing “common sense”: media perspectives on adoption reform in England
The researcher analysed coverage of adoption reform in five national newspapers and their Sunday counterparts. The study examined how reporting addressed race, ethnicity, identities and family relationships. It found coverage that played down the significance of race while presenting ethnic matching as a threat, and interpreted this pattern through the concept of moral panic.
Limitations: An analysis of selected newspapers during a particular reform period. It does not measure adoptees’ outcomes or show how readers responded. Related papers from this press study may analyse overlapping material.
- Research type
- Qualitative media analysis
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Mixed
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: mixed
Adoption context: Adoption from care / permanent family placement
Programme: Kirton adoption reform press-content study
Institutional context: No relationship identified in the material checked
No adoption-sector organisational relationship identified from metadata reviewed. Funding and conflicts were not comprehensively audited; this is not confirmation of institutional independence.
Bibliographic screening. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: adoption system, identity, transracial adoption
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: England
- Funding
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- Commissioner
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- Funder role
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- Declared conflicts
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- Recruitment
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- Adoptee involvement
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