Cities and Cultures Gentrification the Media

This collection of case studies focuses on a largely unexplored topic that no book has yet investigated gentrification and the media. There is an emphasis on the theoretical and methodological issues raised when media sources are used to study gentrification by non-media specialists who primarily focus on space and communities. Gentrification is extensively discussed in the media, where coverage can describe changing neighbourhoods and analyse the causes and consequences of such change. The media are also arenas in which the voices of those who advocate or resist gentrification can be heard. How can this profusion of content be examined? What methods can be used to critically address the role of the media in constructing and propagating discourses on gentrification? Central to this book is the idea that new research should engage with the theoretical and methodological issues that emerge when media products are used as a corpus to study gentrification.