Although media influence has long been recognised within adoption, there has been relatively little research into the nature of coverage. This article focuses on press articles from five UK national daily newspapers and their Sunday sister papers in the years 2010‒2014. This broadly coincides with the period of Coalition Government in the UK and its focus on adoption reform. Findings reveal strong support for the Government’s reform programme, its rationale within child welfare and many of its specific measures, but with some contrasts between individual newspapers and critical comment found almost entirely within one pairing. Particular themes concern excessive bureaucracy and politically motivated opposition to adoption. Race and ethnicity emerge as the most frequently covered issues, dominated by critique of barriers to transracial adoption. Principal themes are often developed with inaccurate, misleading or exaggerated reporting, which in turn raises the question of how adoption agencies might respond to this.

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仍然是“可靠的铁砧”？：媒体对英国收养改革的看法

尽管媒体影响力在采用过程中早已得到认可，但对报道性质的研究相对较少。本文重点介绍 2010-2014 年英国五家全国性日报及其星期日姊妹报纸的新闻报道。这与英国联合政府时期及其对收养改革的关注大致相符。调查结果显示，政府的改革计划、其在儿童福利方面的基本原理及其许多具体措施得到了强有力的支持，但在个别报纸之间存在一些对比，而批评性评论几乎完全集中在一个配对中。特别的主题涉及过度的官僚主义和出于政治动机的反对收养。种族和族裔成为最常涉及的问题，主要是对跨种族收养障碍的批评。