The Public Child : Media Power, Strategic Silencing, and Children's Rights in Australia - Camilla Nelson

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The Public Child

Media Power, Strategic Silencing, and Children's Rights in Australia

By: Camilla Nelson (Editor), Denise Buiten (Editor), Jodi Death (Editor)

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Hardcover | 11 November 2025

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316 Pages

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21.01 x 14.81 x 2.24

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This edited book examines the cultural construction of the “public child” and its impact on children’s rights in Australia. The “public child” refers to a real child or groups of children whose lives have attracted media attention— either because concerns have been raised about their safety or because they have been identified as threats to others. Positioned at the intersection of media, politics, and policymaking, this collection explores how, in an increasingly mediatized political landscape, discursive constructions of the “public child” shape state responses, exerting a logic of control and silencing.

Amid international debates on child social media bans and increasingly punitive justice systems, this timely work will appeal to scholars of family and youth sociology, criminology, media and gender studies, and education, as well as journalists and legal practitioners specializing in children’s rights.

The book includes five sections: Media and Regulatory Theatre, Domestic Family and Sexual Violence, Justice Systems, Sex and Gender, and Speaking Out and Listening In. The final section focuses on how children exercise agency and express their perspectives, and how adults can serve as allies to them.

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