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Sourcing homelessness

How journalists use sources to frame homelessness

Bibliographic Data

ID7477816
AuthorsBarbara Schneider (0000-0003-4421-1355, University of Calgary, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume13
Issue1
Pages71-86
Publication date2011-09-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournalism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1464-8849 • E-ISSN: 1741-3001
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1464884911421573
OpenAlexW2147521137
LanguageEN
Citations received33
References cited27

This article describes a content and qualitative analysis of quotations from sources in Canadian newspaper items on homelessness. Experts dominate as sources on homelessness. Homeless people are not completely deprived of a voice, but are limited to the devalued voice of experience. Quotes from homeless people themselves promote a narrative of homelessness that marginalizes the people who experience it and contributes to their social exclusion

Art · Content analysis · Criminology · Frame (networking · Frame analysis · Housing First · Media studies · Mental health · Narrative · Newspaper · Political science · Public relations · Social exclusion · Social science · Sociology · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Engineering · Homelessness and Social Issues · Psychology · Social and Cultural Studies

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Citations per year2,36
Citation span2012 - 2025 (14)
Citation velocityrecent
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