NDLI: Who Says What: Election Coverage and Sourcing of Child Care in Four Canadian Dailies

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Author	Rauhala, A. Albanese, P. Ferns, C. Law, D. Haniff, A. Macdonald, L.
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	Advocates have called for universal, quality child care in Canada since the 1970s, but the issue seldom appeared to acquire political urgency. The 2006 election campaign seemed different. The governing Liberals promised to devote billions to a nascent national program. The Conservatives promised parents a cash allowance for young children. Child care seemed to be emerging as a significant issue in a political campaign. How was ECEC written about before, during and after Canadian election campaigns? Who is quoted and how? Our project mapped articles about child care in four major Canadian dailies between 2000 and 2008. We found that coverage spiked in 2000 and 2005–2006—during federal elections. Coverage nearly doubled in 2005–2006 in all but one paper. Using content analysis, we compared coverage of child care and sources in the 55 days before the start of campaigning, 55 days of campaigning, and 55 days following the 2006 election. We mapped and compared who said what, and how about child care policy and related issues, in Canada. We found: (1) that newspapers’ ideological slants are apparent in their choice of sources and focus; and (2) that more importantly, despite ideological differences, political figures outnumbered activists, parents and child care providers. With only minor variations across the newspapers, the voices of parents and child care activists were marginal especially in the 55 days of campaigning.
Starting Page	95
Ending Page	105
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10621024
Journal	Journal of Child and Family Studies
Volume Number	21
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15732843
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2011-04-13
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Child care Newspapers Sources Elections Canada Child and School Psychology Social Sciences Sociology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Life-span and Life-course Studies Developmental and Educational Psychology

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
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3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
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