ist journal 2
1ST ISSUE
1. Name the issue
unemployment in australia
2. Describe one media account of this issue
Sue Richardson
Unemployment is a scourge in countries at all levels of economic development. It brings poverty and despair and exclusion from the mainstream way of life. It stunts the development of children and generates conflict in the home. All market economies have some unemployment arising from the dynamic birth, growth, decline and death of firms and the changes in employment that follows. This frictional unemployment is tolerable. Unemployment does its greatest damage to the individual and her or his family when it persists for months or even years.
In what follows I will describe the overall unemployment picture, including the situation of some groups at particularly high risk of unemployment, then look at underemployment, and long term unemployment. I will distinguish the experiences of men and of women, and of youth and older workers.
3. Where did you get this media account from?
http://www.socsci.flinders.edu.au/nils/publications/Unemployment.ph
4. Is this media account correct or reliable? Why
yes becuase it is from the national institute of labour studies
5. Where else might you be able to find more information about this issue?
In the newspaper, television, radio and internet.
ISSUE 2
1. Name the issue
racism in australia
2. Describe one media account of this issue
the article talks about the racism in australia and how it impacts australian
3. Where did you get this media account from?
http://www.racismnoway.com.au/library/understanding/index-What.html#Heading18
4. Is this media account correct or reliable? Why?
yes because it gives a thorough explanation of racism and it also gives a bibliography
5. Where else might you be able to find more information about this issue?
In the newspaper, television, radio and internet.
