The Routledge Companion to Media and Poverty
New York: Routledge (2022), xxv, 478 pp.
Contains index
ISBN 978-0-367-26072-9 (hbk); 978-0-429-29133-3 (ebook)
"The book is divided into five sections that examine philosophical principles for reporting on poverty, the history and nature of poverty coverage, problematic representations of people experiencing poverty, poverty coverage as part of reporting on public policy, and positive possibilities for poverty coverage. Each section provides an introduction to the topic, as well as a broad selection of essays illuminating key issues and a Q&A with a relevant journalist. Topics covered include news coverage of corporate philanthropy, structural bias in reporting, representations of the working poor, the moral demands of vulnerability and agency, community empowerment, and citizen media. The book's broad focus considers media and poverty at both the local and global levels with contributors from sixteen countries." (Publisher description)
Introduction: The Problem of Poverty in the News Media / Sandra L. Borden, 1
PART I. PRINCIPLES: ETHICAL FRAMEWORKS FOR COVERING POVERTY
1 Communitarian Ethics and Poverty Coverage / Clifford G. Christians, 13
2 The Capability Approach and Media Coverage of People in Poverty / Gottfried Schweiger, 23
3 Extreme Poverty as Human Rights Violation: Moral Duties and Public Engagement in the Global North / Vincent Fang, 32
4 Precarious Photojournalism: The Ethics and Aesthetics of the Unrepresentable / Sieglinde Lemke, 43
5 Shared Vulnerability as a Virtuous Frame for Poverty Journalism / Sandra L. Borden, 54
7 Social Empathy + Compassion: Building Blocks for Poverty Coverage / Ryan J. Thomas, 74
8 Reporting on the Margins But Not Marginalizing with Dustin Dwyer / Dustin Dwyer and Sandra L. Borden, 84
PART II. POVERTY: SOCIOECONOMIC NEED AND ITS CAUSES IN THE NEWS
9 A Very Poor Watchdog: How the Political Economy Continues to Define News Reporting of Poverty in the Digital Era / Jairo Lugo-Ocando, 96
10 Framing Poverty: An Historical Overview of Ways of Seeing Poverty / Stuart Connor, 106
11 The Social Construction of Poverty in India: Role of News Media / Ameeta Motwani, 116
12 A History of Media Coverage of Poverty in the United States Since 1960 / Melissa L. Newman and David R. Davies, 127
13 Ruin Porn and Virtue Porn: Licensing How We Talk About Perceptions of Urban Decay / Fred Vultee, 136
14 Neoliberal Poverty Discourses in Canadian Newspapers / Robert Harding, 145
15 Coverage of Poverty in Business News: How Media Represent Public and Private Concern for People Living in Poverty / Andrea Pérez, 155
16 Living in a Material World: Celebrity Media Culture and Neoliberal Ideology in the Digital Age / Jennifer Lewallen, 169
17 Urban Inequality and Marginalization with Chris Michael / Chris Michael and Sandra L. Borden, 180
PART III. "POOR": NEWS REPRESENTATIONS OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING POVERTY 189
18 What about the Actors Involved in News about Poverty? Disrupting Determinist Accounts / Isabel Awad, 192
19 The Picture of Poverty: Visual Images and Their Implications / Rosalee A. Clawson, 202
20 Settler Colonial Representations of Indigenous Disadvantage / Lisa Waller and Kerry McCallum, 212
21 Media Representations of Structural Factors Contributing to Women's Poverty / Orly Benjamin, 223
22 The Cultural Image of the Fat Poor in German News Media / Claudia Müller, 234
23 Representations of the Working Poor / Christopher R. Martin, 244
24 Representation, Poverty and "Hillbilly Culture" in Appalachia / Michael Clay Carey, 255
25 To Cover or Not to Cover? A Critical Discourse Analysis of Mainstream Media News Framing of Children in Kenyan Care Homes / Agnes Lucy Lando and Lydia Radoli, 266
26 "Not Sending Us Their Best": Media Framings of Immigrants as the "Parasitic Poor" / Jessica Brown, 277
27 News at a Time of Economic Hardship with Judith Matloff / Judith Matloff and Sandra L. Borden, 288
PART IV. POLICY: INDIRECT COVERAGE OF POVERTY AS PART OF WATCHDOG JOURNALISM 297
28 Keep Calm and Carry On: Challenging a Discourse of Necessity and Forbearance in News Reporting of U.K. "Austerity" Policies / Jen Birks, 300
29 Welfare in the Media: Issues of Coloniality and Symbolic Power in the Case of Metiria Turei / Ahnya Martin, Pita King, and Darrin Hodgetts, 310
30 Contesting the Narrative of Rootless Others / Elida Høeg, 321
31 Not Just For Christmas: News Media Coverage of Homelessness / Eoin Devereux, 331
32 Criminalization of Poverty: Fines, Fees, Money Bail and Much More / Peter Edelman, 340
33 From Community Empowerment to Infrastructure Reinforcement: Exploring the Shifting Media Narrative on Indigent Health Policy from Reagan to Obama / Danielle N. Gadson, 351
34 Housing Policy in the News: In Praise of Markets, Problematizing Residents in Poverty / Leslie Martin, 361
35 What Lessons May Be Drawn from Media Reactions to a Universal Basic Income? / Rajiv Prabhakar, 371
36 Water Access and Solutions Journalism with Jiquanda Johnson / Jiquanda Johnson and Sandra L. Borden, 380
PART V. POSITIVES: PROMISING PRACTICES FOR BETTER POVERTY COVERAGE 389
37 Amplifying the Deliberative Agency of Indigenous Communities in Philippine News Media / Athena Charanne Presto and Nicole Curato, 391
38 Constructive Journalism and Poverty Reduction in China: The Targeted Poverty Alleviation Campaign / Yanqiu Zhang and Lanjuan Meng, 401
39 Citizen Media as a Counter-Narrative: Slum Journalism and the Kibera News Network [Kenya] / Erica Hagen, 412
40 Refugees, Media Representation and Counter-Narrative: An Analysis of TEDxKakumaCamp [Kenya] / Andrew Skuse and Meredith Dowling, 424
41 "Filling the Void"? Engagement between the Nonprofit Sector and Journalists in the Production of News about Poverty / Kerry Moore and Sian Morgan Lloyd, 435
42 Longform Immersion: Situating Struggle as an In/Outsider / Cass Sever, 446
43 Expanding Journalism Students' Empathy by Writing about the Working Poor / Chris Roberts, 456
44 Focused on Results, Building Trust with Monica Morales / Monica Morales and Sandra L. Borden, 464
PART I. PRINCIPLES: ETHICAL FRAMEWORKS FOR COVERING POVERTY
1 Communitarian Ethics and Poverty Coverage / Clifford G. Christians, 13
2 The Capability Approach and Media Coverage of People in Poverty / Gottfried Schweiger, 23
3 Extreme Poverty as Human Rights Violation: Moral Duties and Public Engagement in the Global North / Vincent Fang, 32
4 Precarious Photojournalism: The Ethics and Aesthetics of the Unrepresentable / Sieglinde Lemke, 43
5 Shared Vulnerability as a Virtuous Frame for Poverty Journalism / Sandra L. Borden, 54
7 Social Empathy + Compassion: Building Blocks for Poverty Coverage / Ryan J. Thomas, 74
8 Reporting on the Margins But Not Marginalizing with Dustin Dwyer / Dustin Dwyer and Sandra L. Borden, 84
PART II. POVERTY: SOCIOECONOMIC NEED AND ITS CAUSES IN THE NEWS
9 A Very Poor Watchdog: How the Political Economy Continues to Define News Reporting of Poverty in the Digital Era / Jairo Lugo-Ocando, 96
10 Framing Poverty: An Historical Overview of Ways of Seeing Poverty / Stuart Connor, 106
11 The Social Construction of Poverty in India: Role of News Media / Ameeta Motwani, 116
12 A History of Media Coverage of Poverty in the United States Since 1960 / Melissa L. Newman and David R. Davies, 127
13 Ruin Porn and Virtue Porn: Licensing How We Talk About Perceptions of Urban Decay / Fred Vultee, 136
14 Neoliberal Poverty Discourses in Canadian Newspapers / Robert Harding, 145
15 Coverage of Poverty in Business News: How Media Represent Public and Private Concern for People Living in Poverty / Andrea Pérez, 155
16 Living in a Material World: Celebrity Media Culture and Neoliberal Ideology in the Digital Age / Jennifer Lewallen, 169
17 Urban Inequality and Marginalization with Chris Michael / Chris Michael and Sandra L. Borden, 180
PART III. "POOR": NEWS REPRESENTATIONS OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING POVERTY 189
18 What about the Actors Involved in News about Poverty? Disrupting Determinist Accounts / Isabel Awad, 192
19 The Picture of Poverty: Visual Images and Their Implications / Rosalee A. Clawson, 202
20 Settler Colonial Representations of Indigenous Disadvantage / Lisa Waller and Kerry McCallum, 212
21 Media Representations of Structural Factors Contributing to Women's Poverty / Orly Benjamin, 223
22 The Cultural Image of the Fat Poor in German News Media / Claudia Müller, 234
23 Representations of the Working Poor / Christopher R. Martin, 244
24 Representation, Poverty and "Hillbilly Culture" in Appalachia / Michael Clay Carey, 255
25 To Cover or Not to Cover? A Critical Discourse Analysis of Mainstream Media News Framing of Children in Kenyan Care Homes / Agnes Lucy Lando and Lydia Radoli, 266
26 "Not Sending Us Their Best": Media Framings of Immigrants as the "Parasitic Poor" / Jessica Brown, 277
27 News at a Time of Economic Hardship with Judith Matloff / Judith Matloff and Sandra L. Borden, 288
PART IV. POLICY: INDIRECT COVERAGE OF POVERTY AS PART OF WATCHDOG JOURNALISM 297
28 Keep Calm and Carry On: Challenging a Discourse of Necessity and Forbearance in News Reporting of U.K. "Austerity" Policies / Jen Birks, 300
29 Welfare in the Media: Issues of Coloniality and Symbolic Power in the Case of Metiria Turei / Ahnya Martin, Pita King, and Darrin Hodgetts, 310
30 Contesting the Narrative of Rootless Others / Elida Høeg, 321
31 Not Just For Christmas: News Media Coverage of Homelessness / Eoin Devereux, 331
32 Criminalization of Poverty: Fines, Fees, Money Bail and Much More / Peter Edelman, 340
33 From Community Empowerment to Infrastructure Reinforcement: Exploring the Shifting Media Narrative on Indigent Health Policy from Reagan to Obama / Danielle N. Gadson, 351
34 Housing Policy in the News: In Praise of Markets, Problematizing Residents in Poverty / Leslie Martin, 361
35 What Lessons May Be Drawn from Media Reactions to a Universal Basic Income? / Rajiv Prabhakar, 371
36 Water Access and Solutions Journalism with Jiquanda Johnson / Jiquanda Johnson and Sandra L. Borden, 380
PART V. POSITIVES: PROMISING PRACTICES FOR BETTER POVERTY COVERAGE 389
37 Amplifying the Deliberative Agency of Indigenous Communities in Philippine News Media / Athena Charanne Presto and Nicole Curato, 391
38 Constructive Journalism and Poverty Reduction in China: The Targeted Poverty Alleviation Campaign / Yanqiu Zhang and Lanjuan Meng, 401
39 Citizen Media as a Counter-Narrative: Slum Journalism and the Kibera News Network [Kenya] / Erica Hagen, 412
40 Refugees, Media Representation and Counter-Narrative: An Analysis of TEDxKakumaCamp [Kenya] / Andrew Skuse and Meredith Dowling, 424
41 "Filling the Void"? Engagement between the Nonprofit Sector and Journalists in the Production of News about Poverty / Kerry Moore and Sian Morgan Lloyd, 435
42 Longform Immersion: Situating Struggle as an In/Outsider / Cass Sever, 446
43 Expanding Journalism Students' Empathy by Writing about the Working Poor / Chris Roberts, 456
44 Focused on Results, Building Trust with Monica Morales / Monica Morales and Sandra L. Borden, 464
