Poverty and Participation in the Media Blog
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Rowntree Report blows ‘Lazy poor’ myth out of the water
From Shameless to Little Britain, does drama negatively stereotype the poor?
Spectacle to re-interview residents of The Tower
Depictions of Poverty: what happens when the film makers leave?
Poverty and the Media Films Feedback
Glenn Jenkins response to Secret Millionaire
Runnymede study blasts media depiction of white working class
Repossession, Repossession, Repossession
Marsh farm challenge to the BBC
Rich Kid, Poor Kid showing a divided London
Are British children the poorest?
Poverty and Media-watch the video
Can you become rich by thinking it?
The Tower: Social realism or stereotyping
Jade Goody: Is she really a hero to the students of Bacon’s College?
Is exclusion from education exclusion from representation?
Should we move from the north to the south?
Does poverty cause violence and the collapse of the family?
Is ‘poverty’ a financial term?
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