ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the components of this narrative, including the focus on marginalized "outsider" groups, the role of Europe and concern about the role of judges. It explores some of the implications of the dominance of such themes in the media discourse about human rights. While the initial focus of the work was the controversy surrounding the ECHR's ruling on prisoner's voting rights early in the life of the 2010-15 coalition, the authors broadened scope to examine how media coverage of human rights was organized, drawing on coverage of terrorism, immigration, asylum and other issues. In the tabloid and mid-market papers, advocates for human rights were either not reported or counterposed to an assumed reader view that citizenship rights are already protected in Britain and therefore an additional layer of protection is unnecessary and unwelcome.
