Why is there more negatives than there are positives in the media about social workers?
Research Focus/ Area of research interest
Professional relationships.
The stigma around social workers.
Conflicts between professions.
Why is there more negatives than there are positives in the media about social workers?
Possible research question
What happened for Social Workers to get a bad reputation in the media?
Particular ideas, themes, you wish to explore with reference to 3-5 pieces of relevant literature.
- Evolution of media.
- What is social work?
- The relationship between social workers and the press.
Ayre, P. (2001) Child Protection and The Media: Lessons from the last three decades. British Journal of Social Work 31.
Stone, S., Ekman, E., English, D., and Fujimori, S., (2008) Teaching notes: Collaboration among social work and journalism students and faculty: An instructional model. Journal of Social Work Education, Vol. 44.
Joanne Westwood (2019) Social Media in Social Work Practice.
Research, Policy and Planning (2012) 29(2), 83-94 Research, Policy and Planning Vol. 29 No. 2 © Social Services Research Group 2012 all rights reserved Child protection, social work and the media: doing as well as being done to Ray Jones.
- How social workers are represented on television shows and the media.
Henderson, L., and Franklin, B., (2007) Sad not Bad: Images of Social Care Professionals in Popular UK television Drama. Journal of Social Work.
Fraser, S. (2004) Give social workers a second chance.
- The 2008- 2010 ‘cluster’- Case reveiws.
Peter Connelly (Baby P)- Haringey Local Safeguarding Children Board (2008) Serious Case Review: Child ‘A’: Executive Summary, November.
Shannon Matthews- Kirklees Safeguarding Children Board (2010) Serious Case Review Concerning Shannon Matthews, 16 June.
Two young boys- Doncaster Safeguarding Children Board (2010) A Serious Case Review: ‘J’ Children: Executive Summary, January.
Initial ideas on research approaches, methodologies and methods
Journals.
Books which specialize in social media and social workers. For example the Joanne Westwood (2019) book.
Case reviews.
News articles.
Television programmes.
Case conference minutes.
