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Young people in the news
Young people in the news
I was in Guernsey yesterday talking with press, politicians and other movers and shakers about a largely positive survey of parents and carers:
/content/page/guernsey-parents-and-carers-survey-2011
It included, as it happens, some questions about how young people are portrayed in the news media. When I arrived, my host Alun Williams showed me a wince-making news story that we feared might come up in questions:
http://www.barnardos.org.uk/news_and_events/media_centre/press_releases....
On the day, we hadn't seen the original research (here via DrPetra), so it was hard to know exactly what to make of this, but it reeked of PR-reviewed research:
http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/archives/1982
The indefatigable NIgel Hawkes has done a proper job on it:
http://www.straightstatistics.org/article/giving-britain%E2%80%99s-child...
Maybe see also:
http://minorityattack.wordpress.com/2011/11/04/barnardos-are-behaving-li...
Grrr.