Abstract
As adoption has gained attention in the media, the focus tends to have been on international and private adoptions, and less on adoption from foster care. When the focus is on foster care, the coverage is most often negative, which is perhaps why there are less adoptions from foster care than there are private and international adoptions. This study of mainstream newspaper coverage of United States foster care adoption from 1992-2005 explores how themes in the media have resulted in a narrow view of foster care and adoption.
Journal Title
Iowa Journal of Communication
Volume
42
Issue
2
First Page
95
Last Page
118
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Powell, Kimberly A.
(2010)
"Creating Family Through Foster-Adoption: Media Portrayal of the Foster Care System in the U.S.,"
Iowa Journal of Communication: Vol. 42:
No.
2, Article 3.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ijc/vol42/iss2/3
Copyright
©2010 Iowa Communication Association
