Local news frames and reader perception of low-income housing, 2000

Item — Call Number: MU Thesis Swe

Identifier: b2195883

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate Communication program. The holdings are bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Arts degree.

Dates

Creation: 2000

Creator

Sweeney, Barbara (1953- ) (Author, Person)
Novek, Eleanor (Thesis advisor, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use. Access is by appointment only.

Access to the collection is confined to the Monmouth University Library and is subject to patron policies approved by the Monmouth University Library.

Collection holdings may not be borrowed through interlibrary loan.

Research appointments are scheduled by the Monmouth University Library Archives Collections Manager (723-923-4526). A minimum of three days advance notice is required to arrange a research appointment for access to the collection.

Patrons must complete a Researcher Registration Form and provide appropriate identification to gain access to the collection holdings. Copies of these documents will be kept on file at the Monmouth University Library.

Extent

1 Items (print book) : 40 pages ; 8.5 x 11.0 inches (28 cm).

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Introduction [excerpt]

The current research proposes to investigate what southern Monmouth County residents think about low-income housing and the media's influences on those attitudes. There, affluent, predominantly white communities opposed Mount Laurel housing throughout the last quarter of the 20th century and into the first half of the 21st. Although local media regularly covered Mount Laurel housing issues, they failed to investigate Mount Laurel opposition as racial discrimination; instead, they offered accounts that emphasized anti-Mount laurel [sic] sentiment and excluded pro-Mount Laurel viewpoints .... I hope the current research will offer insight into Mount Laurel's failure in an area where the real estate market continues to prohibit low- and middle-income earners from owning their own homes.