Representations of Poverty in British Newspapers: A Case of 'Othering' the Threat?

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 390-405

  Chauhan, Apurv ^a   Foster, Juliet ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Media analysis; Objectification; Othering; Poverty; Social representations

Indexed keywords

EID: 85000155889     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.2179     Document Type: Article

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