The new face of homelessness? Examining media representations of women’s homelessness in five Australian news sources
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20408758 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Georgia Lyons (0000-0002-0992-6737, UNSW Sydney, corresponding author), Charlotte Smedley (0000-0003-0413-8026, UNSW Sydney) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 28-40 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1053-0789 • E-ISSN: 1573-658X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10530789.2019.1709269 |
| OpenAlex | W3007523529 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 23 |
The news media plays an important role influencing policy development and public discourse on social issues, however there is limited research available which examines media representations of homelessness through the lens of gender. Content analysis and critical discourse analysis were used to examine media representations of women’s homelessness in five Australian news sources: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, The Australian, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian and The Sydney Morning Herald. Five broad themes relating to women’s homelessness were identified: violence and victimization, access to appropriate housing, economic factors, social and health factors, and homelessness policy. Women with children experiencing domestic and family violence were the most frequently represented demographic in the sample of articles. While the media acknowledged the perspectives of women with lived experiences of homelessness, it was homelessness services, advocates and government officials who were most often framed as homelessness “experts.” Overall, the media was largely sympathetic towards the issue of women’s homelessness and often framed it as a “crisis” requiring government attention. However, the media also privileged certain perspectives and discourse regarding women’s homelessness, reinforcing notions of the deserving and undeserving poor and overlooking the unequal gender and power relations that contribute to women’s homelessness
Criminology · Critical discourse analysis · Domestic violence · Guardian · Media studies · News media · Poison control · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Medicine · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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Caring about homelessness
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Principles of Critical Discourse Analysis
Traumatic Transitions
Homelessness, Social Policy, and Social Work
Violence Against Homeless Women
Homelessness and Social Exclusion
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Aboriginal Women's Perceptions and Experiences of a Family Violence Transitional Accommodation Service
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Addressing older women's homelessness
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Pathways Into and Out of Homelessness
Three Approaches to Qualitative Content Analysis
Critical Discourse Analysis as a Research Tool
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0.75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |