{"product_id":"the-public-child-camilla-nelson-9783031972669","title":"The Public Child: Media Power, Strategic Silencing, and Children's Rights in Australia","description":"This edited book examines the cultural construction of the \"public child\" and its impact on children's rights in Australia. The \"public child\" refers to a real child or groups of children whose lives have attracted media attention-- either because concerns have been raised about their safety or because they have been identified as threats to others. Positioned at the intersection of media, politics, and policymaking, this collection explores how, in an increasingly mediatized political landscape, discursive constructions of the \"public child\" shape state responses, exerting a logic of control and silencing.  Amid international debates on child social media bans and increasingly punitive justice systems, this timely work will appeal to scholars of family and youth sociology, criminology, media and gender studies, and education, as well as journalists and legal practitioners specializing in children's rights.  The book includes five sections: \u003cstrong\u003eMedia and Regulatory Theatre\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eDomestic Family and Sexual Violence\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eJustice Systems\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eSex and Gender\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eSpeaking Out and Listening In\u003c\/strong\u003e. The final section focuses on how children exercise agency and express their perspectives, and how adults can serve as allies to them. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Camilla Nelson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 303197266X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783031972669\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 299\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.88d","brand":"Camilla Nelson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47611963277567,"sku":"9783031972669","price":159.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_595fd798-88c9-4f1e-aa99-ed2b2103a95b.jpg?v=1764517253","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-public-child-camilla-nelson-9783031972669","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}