Local Talk as a Grounded Method : Elaborating Media and Public Opinion on Indigenous Issues

Local Talk as a Grounded Method

Title: Local Talk as a Grounded Method: Elaborating Media and Public Opinion on Indigenous Issues
Author(s): Kerry McCallum
Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
Collection: Common Ground Research Networks
Series: New Directions in the Humanities
Journal Title: The International Journal of the Humanities: Annual Review
Keywords: Public Opinion, Identity, Aboriginal Australians, Grounded Theory
Volume: 3
Issue: 5
Date: August 22, 2006
ISSN: 1447-9508 (Print)
ISSN: 1447-9559 (Online)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/1447-9508/CGP/v03i05/41674
Citation: McCallum, Kerry. 2006. "Local Talk as a Grounded Method: Elaborating Media and Public Opinion on Indigenous Issues." The International Journal of the Humanities: Annual Review 3 (5): 112-121. doi:10.18848/1447-9508/CGP/v03i05/41674.
Extent: 10 pages

This paper analyses what Herbst (1998, 2001) calls 'local talk' as a significant construction of public opinion about Indigenous issues in Australia.