Mediations of cultural policymaking during COVID-19: British newspaper reporting of the Culture Recovery Fund

Nieto McAvoy, Eva ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4442-4887 and Allan, Stuart ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7767-0470 2023. Mediations of cultural policymaking during COVID-19: British newspaper reporting of the Culture Recovery Fund. International Journal of Cultural Policy 10.1080/10286632.2023.2268648

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Abstract

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, cultural policymaking frequently came to the fore in media debates about the impact of the crisis and measures to alleviate it. In this article, we present evidence of how newspaper coverage of the cultural and creative industries (CCIs) identified and framed competing perceptions of the relative utility of policymaking in this context, while also problematising familiar assumptions about the CCIs among policymakers, journalists and (arguably) the public. Specifically, we analysed British news and editorial items (n.4,162) published from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020. It offers a novel investigation into the ways in which media and policy rhetoric overlap, interact and influence each other. In doing so, this article contributes a unique perspective to the study and practice of cultural policy, bringing to light the typically underexplored role of the news media in shaping the narratives driving cultural policy deliberation and action.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	In Press
Schools:	Journalism, Media and Culture
Publisher:	Taylor and Francis Group
ISSN:	1028-6632
Funders:	AHRC
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	10 October 2023
Date of Acceptance:	6 October 2023
Last Modified:	06 Jan 2024 04:49
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/163112

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