doi: 10.1177/1359105306061179 J Health Psychol March 2006 vol. 11 no. 2 183-196

Media, Racism and Public Health Psychology

1. Raymond Nairn
   1. University of Auckland, New Zealand

1. Frank Pega

1. Tim McCreanor
   1. Massey University, New Zealand

1. Jenny Rankine
   1. Words & Pictures Media Consultancy, New Zealand

1. Angela Barnes
   1. Massey University, New Zealand

Source

 doi: 10.1177/1359105306061179 J Health Psychol March 2006 vol. 11 no. 2 183-196

Abstract

International literature has established that racism contributes to ill-health of migrants, ethnic minorities and indigenous peoples. Racism generally negates wellbeing, adversely affecting physical and psychological health. Numerous studies have shown that media contribute marginalizing particular ethnic and cultural groups depicting them primarily as problems for and threats to the dominant. This articles frames media representations of, and their effect on, the indigenous Maori of Aotearoa, New Zealand within the ongoing processes of colonization. We argue that reflects the media contribution to maintenance and naturalisation of colonial relationships and seek to include critical media scholarship in a critical public health psychology. 

Keywords

• colonization
• indigenous people
• media
• public health
• racism