Gentrification and the Media

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. This edited volume considers a range of means that are used to shape and publicize representations: contributions investigate printed and online newspapers, websites, blogs, television programmes and social media. It also aims to highlight the diversity of players who produce and disseminate media discourses on gentrification.

Sadoux Stéphane :

Stéphane Sadoux is a town planner and an historian. He graduated from the Universities of Oxford, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Grenoble. He is a past Director of Unité de Recherche AE&CC at the Grenoble School of Architecture (ENSAG), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA). He is currently leading UGA’s Excellence in Architecture programme (LabEx).Vincent Marie-Pierre :

Marie-Pierre Vincent is a senior lecturer of British studies at Paris 1–Panthéon Sorbonne and affiliated with the European Centre of Sociology and Political Science. Her thesis focused on anti-gentrification resistance in Hoxton/Shoreditch in London (2008–2019). Her work also relates to art and anti-gentrification activism, political discourse and gentrification, and socio-cultural diversity.Fée David :

David Fée is professor of British Studies at the University of Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris. He specializes in housing policy in the UK. He has co-edited several books including Lessons from the British and French New Towns: Paradise Lost (Emerald, 2021).Dalingwater Louise :

Louise Dalingwater is professor of British Studies at Sorbonne University, Paris. She specializes in the service sector, notably financial services and public services. Some of her work has looked at the spatial dimension of service industries such as financial service location.