Poor News: Media Discourses of Poverty in Times of Austerity (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781783489268)

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Poor News: Media Discourses of Poverty in Times of Austerity

$175.00

Poor News: Media Discourses of Poverty in Times of Austerity

$175.00
Format: Hardcover
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Poor News examines the way discourses of poverty are articulated in the news media by incorporating specific narratives and definers that bring about certain ideological worldviews. This happens, the authors claim, because journalists and news editors make use of a set of information strategies while accessing certain sources within specific social and political dynamics. The book looks at the case of the news media in Britain since the industrial revolution and produces a historical account of how these media discourses came into play. The main thesis is that there have been different historical cycles that reflect particular hegemonic ideas of each period. Consequently, the role of mainstream journalism has been a subservient one for existing elites when it comes to the propagation of dominant ideas.

Author: Steven Harkins,Jairo Lugo-Ocando
ISBN-10: 178348926X
ISBN-13: 9781783489268
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English
Published: 11/15/2017
Pages: 236
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.90d

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Choice 06/01/2018
By Steven Harkins
By Steven Harkins
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Steven Harkins obtained his ESRC funded PhD on print journalism representations of poverty at the University of Sheffield, UK. He is now a Lecturer in Politics, Sociology and Research Methods at Fife College, UK.

Jairo Lugo-Ocando is Director of Executive and Graduate Education and Professor in Residence at Northwestern University in Qatar.

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