Media, multiculturalism and the politics of listening
- Publisher:
- Department of Communication, Journalism & Marketing
- Publication Type:
- Conference Proceeding
- Citation:
- ANZCA08: Power and Place: Refereed Proceedings of the Australian & New Zealand Communication Association Conference, 2008, pp. 1 - 14
- Issue Date:
- 2008-01
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To date both research and policy on media and cultural diversity have emphasised questions of speaking, whether in mainstream, community or diaspora media. There is also a vast literature examining questions of representation, including stereotyping, racialisation, hybridisation and self-representations. This paper extends these discussions to focus on questions of listening. Attention to listening provokes important questions about media and multiculturalism: How do media enable or constrain listening across difference? How can a diversity of voices be heard in the media? Drawing on recent work in ethics and political theory, this paper explores the productive possibilities of a shift from the politics of representation to a politics of listening in both media studies and media advocacy work concerned with understanding across differences. To highlight listening shifts the focus and responsibility for change from marginalised voices and on to the conventions, institutions and privileges which shape who and what can be heard in media.
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