Governmentality and neoliberalism: a study of media discourse on poverty in Hong Kong. (1st February 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lo, Wai Han
• Is Part Of: Journal of poverty and social justice. Volume 28:Number 1(2020)
• Page Start: 55
• Page End: 78
• Publication Date: 2020-02-01
• Subjects: poverty -- media discourse -- neoliberalism -- governmentality -- welfare; Poverty -- Periodicals; Social security -- Periodicals; Exclusion, social -- Periodicals; 361.6
• DOI: 10.1332/175982719X15687079983161
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1759-8273

Abstract

Abstract : This study uses a governmentality approach to examine poverty and welfare media discourse as a complex aggregate of a wide variety of knowledge and political rationalities aimed at governing citizens. A discourse analysis of newspaper articles about poverty from 1994 to 2013 was conducted. Five discursive strategies and four oppositional claims were found in the 20-year sample period. The findings illustrate the relationship between neoliberalism and governmental strategies in poverty discourse.