What to do about homelessness? Journalists collaborating as claims‐makers in the San Francisco Homeless Project

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ID11044404
AuthorsLaura Moorhead (0000-0001-9185-6290, Department of Journalism San Francisco State University San Francisco California USA, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume50
Issue4
Pages1893-1917
Publication date2022-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-4392 • E-ISSN: 1520-6629
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/jcop.22687
PMID34486727
OpenAlexW3197369697
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited53

This content analysis considered the San Francisco Homeless Project (SFHP), a collaboration of media organizations working to generate a wave of coverage to alleviate homelessness. The effort stood out for its proposed solutions to a systemic and complex issue involving multiple ecological levels of a community, the number and variety of organizations involved, and the ongoing nature of the project. Yet, little is known about its impact and potential for replication. Researchers coded 977 articles published by 134 media organizations over an 18‐month period split into three phases (Preliminary, Wave 1, and Wave 2). Article frequency, characteristics, and content (code groups) were stratified by SFHP participation and described overtime. Results revealed that in addition to creating a media blitz, SFHP participants generated significantly longer and more visual articles and were influenced by nonprofits and government agencies. However, the SFHP did not lead to a sustained change in terms of article frequency and content

Criminology · Political science · Sociology · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Homelessness and Social Issues · Media Studies and Communication · Medicine · Psychology · Gerontology

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