Report:  Covering disadvantaged neighbourhoods

Lindgren, April

doi:10.32920/ryerson.14639346.v1

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Report: Covering disadvantaged neighbourhoods

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posted on 2023-05-02, 15:03 authored by April LindgrenApril Lindgren

Residents of Toronto's poorest neighbourhoods sometimes accuse the media of only reporting bad news. Is this true? And if it is true, does this matter? A new study in the Canadian Journal of Urban Research analyzes the impact local news coverage has on 13 troubled communities where social services are inadequate and poverty is rising.

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Neighborhoods -- Press coverage -- Ontario -- Toronto Mass media -- Social aspects Poverty -- Press coverage -- Ontario -- Toronto Poor -- Press coverage -- Ontario -- Toronto Journalism -- Objectivity Inner cities -- Press coverage -- Ontario -- Toronto

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