At the edge: Media constructions of a stigmatised Irish housing estate

Journal of Housing and the Built Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-142

  Devereux, Eoin ^a   Haynes, Amanda ^a   Power, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Housing estates; Ireland; Journalists; Limerick; Mass media; Neighbourhoods; Regeneration; Social exclusion; Stigmatisation

Indexed keywords

IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; MASS MEDIA; MEDIA ROLE; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; URBAN HOUSING;

COUNTY LIMERICK; IRELAND; LIMERICK [COUNTY LIMERICK]; MUNSTER [IRELAND];

EID: 79956021241     PISSN: 15664910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10901-011-9210-4     Document Type: Article

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