Title: An analysis of media items and its impact on Australian Indigenous people’s health and wellbeing issues.

Value: 40 %

Length: up to 1500 words

Due Date: Monday Week 12

BACKGROUND TO TASK:

According to Stoneham, Goodman and Daube (2014), one factor impacting on the relationship of Indigenous Australians with mainstream society is the media portrayal of Indigenous people and issues, in this unit the issue is health. These authors’ examined media portrayals of Indigenous Australians’ public health issues in selected media over a 12-month period.

Before starting assessment 3 read the article titled “The Portrayal of indigenous health in selected Australian media” that you can find in a CDU library search. Notice the comments in the notes and discussion section. Balvin and Kashima (2012) and Larson, Gillies, Howard and Coffin (2007) cited in Stoneham, Goodman and Daube (2014) note that that negative news reporting impacts on the self –esteem Australian Indigenous people and perpetuates Indigenous stereotypes within mainstream society. Larson et al., argue that this is discrimination and a determinant of health and that until change occurs in the perception of the dominant Australian culture, public health, education and employment opportunities will be at risk for Indigenous Australians.

This assignment draws on the work of Stoneham, Goodman and Daube (2014) to provide a framework for you to examine current health and well-being issues related to the health of Australian Indigenous peoples.

This assignment relates to the four learning outcomes for this unit.

 

AIM:

To explore current health issues affecting the health and wellbeing of Indigenous Australians by examining media items and identifying how media is used to report Australian Indigenous peoples’ health issues

TASK:

2. Explore a range of media for news items related to Indigenous Australian’s health. This can include, news items in daily papers, journals, television or radio, websites, magazines. You will need to provide a link to your articles.
3. Choose three items about one of the following topics: That is, three items about nutrition, three items about mental health or three items about smoking.

Nutrition

Mental Health

Smoking

3. Read the article, analyse and make notes guided by the following criteria:

3. Assess each article according to negative, positive or neutral qualities as per Stoneham, Goodman and Daube(2014)p.3.

Hsc203 Indigenous Health Perspectives                 Assignment 3                                                                                      1

 

1. Link the issues as presented in the topics with the unit learning outcomes.

CORE CRITERIA AND MARKING RUBRIC.

#	Core Criteria										Marks
1	Identify one key measure in each media item							15%
	Link literature to relevant data
Marking
	Excellent		Good		Satisfactory		Limited		Unsatisfactory
	(15-13)		(12-10)		(9 -6)		(5-3)		(2-0)
	Excellent		Good overview		Satisfactory		Limited coverage of		Minimal
	overview and link		and link to		overview and link to		media item and		understanding of
	to current		relevant data/and		data		literature link to data		core criteria
	data/statistics		statistics
2	Link the health issue with one or more of the unit learning outcomes							15%
Marking	Excellent		Good		Satisfactory		Limited		Unsatisfactory
	(15-13)		(12-10)		(9 -6)		(5-3)		(2-0)
	Insightful, well-		Good		Demonstrated an		Limited evidence and		Minimal
	structured and		understanding		understanding of		comprehension of		development of
	excellent		and competence		criteria.		criteria.		core criteria.
	understanding of		in addressing core
	the criteria.		criteria.
3	Identify the positive, negative or neutral qualities of the media items							25%
Marking
	Excellent		Good		Satisfactory		Limited		Unsatisfactory
	(25-22)		(21 – 17)		(16-11)		(10-5)		(5-0)
	Excellent		Provides a clear		Reasonable		Limited		Unsatisfactory
	identification of		understanding of		identification of		understanding of		identification of
	the media		media qualities.		media items		media items		media items
	qualities.
4	Briefly explore the impact of the positive, negative or neutral qualities of the media items  30%
Marking	could have on the reader.
	Excellent		Good		Satisfactory		Limited		Unsatisfactory
	(30- 26)		(25 – 19)		(18- 12)		(11- 5)		(5-0)
	Insightful analysis		Provides a very		Demonstrated an		Limited connection		Core criteria is
	of the influences		good		understanding of		to how media can		not clearly
	of media items		understanding of		core criteria.		influence reders		identified.
			media items and
			influence

 

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