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"It Makes Them Streetwise": What Parents and Children Tell Themselves and Each Other About Young People's Activities Online
This project investigates parents' and children's understandings of young people's online activities in terms of the costs, benefits, advantages and concerns. The aim of the project is to interrogate domestic negotiations around online activities for high school-aged children.
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Media and Mobile Phones in a South African Rural Area: A Baseline Study
In South Africa, access to information remains unequal and often hampered by language barriers, poor infrastructure and endemic poverty, particularly among members of rural and peri-urban communities. The government recognises the potential of media and information and communication technology (ICT) to promote socio-economic development and social cohesion. In this paper we discuss the findings of...
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Communicating Food Policy Issues: Media and the Politics of Sustainability
This paper draws upon emerging research on environmentally sustainable diets, Australia's recently released National Food Plan, and a variety of literature on the politics of sustainability and media representations of food issues to identify questions for future research in this area.