Nairn RPega FMcCreanor TRankine JBarnes A2010-11-222016-03-062010-11-222016-03-062006Nairn, R., Pega, F., McCreanor, T., Rankine, J., & Barnes, A. (2006). Media, racism and public health psychology. Journal of Health Psychology, 11(2), 183-196. doi: 10.1177/13591053060611791359-1053https://hdl.handle.net/10179/8203International literature has established that racism contributes to ill-health of migrants, ethnic minorities and indigenous peoples. Racism generally negates wellbeing, adversely affecting physical and psychological health. Numerous studies have shown that media contribute marginalizing particular ethnic and cultural groups depicting them primarily as problems for and threats to the dominant. This articles frames media representations of, and their effect on, the indigenous Maori of Aotearoa, New Zealand within the ongoing processes of colonization. We argue that reflects the media contribution to maintenance and naturalisation of colonial relationships and seek to include critical media scholarship in a critical public health psychology.enColonisationIndigenous peoplesMediaPublic healthRacismPsychologyFields of Research::380000 Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences::380100 Psychology::380199 Psychology not elsewhere classifiedJournal articleMassey_DarkMassey_Dark