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Media coverage of education

Michael J. Baker
- 01 Sep 1994 - 
- Vol. 42, Iss: 3, pp 286-297
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This paper provided examples of this bias in newspaper reportage based on a case study of an annual teacher union conference and journalists' different interpretations of events generally, showing that middle-market tabloid newspapers in Britain help to shape a perception of teachers and state schools that is mostly negative and derisory.
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The middle‐market tabloid newspapers in Britain help to shape a perception of teachers and state schools that is mostly negative and derisory. This article provides examples of this bias in newspaper reportage based on a case study of an annual teacher union conference and journalists’ different interpretations of events generally.

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Education and the Social Order: 1940-1990

Brian Simon
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