Date of Award:
8-2019
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Sociology and Anthropology
Department name when degree awarded
Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology
Committee Chair(s)
Leon Anderson
Committee
Leon Anderson
Committee
Peggy Petrzelka
Committee
Stephen VanGeem
Abstract
This research focuses on the ways in which homelessness is discussed in two newspapers in a major city in the intermountain United States. I analyzed newspaper articles with the goal of understanding public discourse in two ideologically distinct newspaper venues. I examined the news media portrayal of the homeless in 752 articles in these two newspapers during two distinct six-month time periods, one during which the city was nationally recognized as a major advocate for “Housing First,” or “solving homelessness,” and a more recent period during which urban gentrification has challenged the location of homeless services. Specifically, I addressed the he primary informants drawn upon by the newspapers, and the potential “missing voices” in the media discussion. My research looks at homelessness in these papers both over time and across papers.
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Recommended Citation
Werman, Sarah, "Newspaper Representations of Homelessness: A Temporal Comparative Analysis" (2019). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 7536.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7536
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