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Examines the various ways-both verbal and visual-in which the media have portrayed the homeless over the last 20 years.

Table of Contents

Introduction For Cultural Interpretation: A Study of the Culture of Homelessness by John Fiske Covering the Homelessness: The Joyce Brown Story by Richard Campbell and Jimmie L. Reeves Re-Covering the Homeless: Hindsights on the Joyce Brown Story by Jimmie Reeves Media Image and the Culture of Homeless: Possibilities for Identification by Gerald Power Informing and Educating the Media--A Hopeful Perspective on the Media and the Homeless by Jeremy Reynalds Discourse Analysis of Television News on Public Antagonism against the Homeless by Insung Whang and Eungjun Min A Computational, Linguistic Analysis of the Representation of the Homeless in Electronic Media by Rebecca Ann Lind and James A. Danowski Blaming the Homeless: The Populist Aspect of Network T.V. News by Insung Whang and Eungjun Min Homelessness: The Other as Object by Eric Mark Kramer and Soobum Lee From Tramps to Truth-Seekers: Images of the Homeless in Motion Pictures by Linda K. Fuller The Effect of Pictures on the Attribution of Homelessness by Andrew Mendelson Japanese Furoosha (Bums) and Hoomuresu (Homeless): Living in the Shadow of Wealth by Richiko Ikeda and Eric M. Kramer Index

About the Author

EUNGJUN MIN is Associate Professor of Communications at Rhode Island College./e His research focuses on cultural approaches to studying media representations, their construction, and their impact on culture. He is also interested in crosscultural communication and cultural perspectives of new communication technologies.

Reviews

?[v]aluable for students and scholars of urban studies, media studies and cultural studies, and all those interested in challenging and dismantling the cultural constructions of homelessness.?-Canadian Journal of Urban Research

?Students of textual and linguistic analysis and semiotics will find abundant examples in this book.?-Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

"�v�aluable for students and scholars of urban studies, media studies and cultural studies, and all those interested in challenging and dismantling the cultural constructions of homelessness."-Canadian Journal of Urban Research

"Students of textual and linguistic analysis and semiotics will find abundant examples in this book."-Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

"[v]aluable for students and scholars of urban studies, media studies and cultural studies, and all those interested in challenging and dismantling the cultural constructions of homelessness."-Canadian Journal of Urban Research