Reproducing Speciesism: A content analysis of Australian media representations of veganism

Helen Masterman-Smith; Angela Ragusa; Andrea Crampton

Reproducing Speciesism: A content analysis of Australian media representations of veganism

Helen Masterman-Smith, Angela Ragusa, Andrea Crampton

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Abstract

This paper contributes new research on representations of veganism in the Australian print media by adapting an approach used in a 2007 study of the issue in the United Kingdom (Cole & Morgan 2011). It conveys preliminary quantitative and qualitative data from a content analysis of how the practicalities and ethical basis of veganism' as an anti-speciesist social practice were portrayed in Australian media in 2007 and 2012. Consistent with the UK study, the results indicate these media outlets are reproducing largely negative discourses about veganism, which it is argued are out of step with the lived reality of practitioners and the related scholarship.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2014 Proceedings of The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) Conference
Subtitle of host publication	Challenging Identities, Institutions and Communities
Editors	Brad West
Place of Publication	Adelaide
Publisher	The Sociological Association of Australia (TASA)
Pages	1-13
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	9780646927350
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	2014 TASA Conference - University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia Duration: 24 Nov 2014 → 27 Nov 2014 https://tasa.org.au/tasa-conference/host-the-2014-tasa-conference-call-for-expressions-of-interest/ https://tasa.org.au/tasa-conference/host-the-2014-tasa-conference-call-for-expressions-of-interest/papers/ (Conference proceedings)

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Conference	2014 TASA Conference
Abbreviated title	Challenging Identities, Institutions and Communities
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Adelaide
Period	24/11/14 → 27/11/14
Internet address	https://tasa.org.au/tasa-conference/host-the-2014-tasa-conference-call-for-expressions-of-interest/ https://tasa.org.au/tasa-conference/host-the-2014-tasa-conference-call-for-expressions-of-interest/papers/ (Conference proceedings)

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Masterman-Smith, Helen ; Ragusa, Angela ; Crampton, Andrea. / Reproducing Speciesism : A content analysis of Australian media representations of veganism. 2014 Proceedings of The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) Conference: Challenging Identities, Institutions and Communities. editor / Brad West. Adelaide : The Sociological Association of Australia (TASA), 2014. pp. 1-13

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Masterman-Smith, H , Ragusa, A & Crampton, A 2014, Reproducing Speciesism: A content analysis of Australian media representations of veganism. in B West (ed.), 2014 Proceedings of The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) Conference: Challenging Identities, Institutions and Communities. The Sociological Association of Australia (TASA), Adelaide, pp. 1-13, 2014 TASA Conference, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 24/11/14.

Reproducing Speciesism: A content analysis of Australian media representations of veganism. / Masterman-Smith, Helen ; Ragusa, Angela ; Crampton, Andrea.
2014 Proceedings of The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) Conference: Challenging Identities, Institutions and Communities. ed. / Brad West. Adelaide: The Sociological Association of Australia (TASA), 2014. p. 1-13.

Research output: Book chapter/Published conference paper › Conference paper › peer-review

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