Ethnographic Journalism, Media Participation, and Homelessness

Homelessness and Media

Who are homeless/unhoused people? What is homelessness? What is home? Causes of homelessness?  Why does understanding homelessness matter?

How do mainstream media present homelessness?  What stereotypes do they use? What is the impact on unhoused people’s lives, on us? What are the alternatives and what are their limits?


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