Communication about economic inequality: a systematic review

Vaughan, Michael ORCID: 0000-0003-3582-3296, Theine, Hendrik, Schieferdecker, David and Waitkus, Nora (2025) Communication about economic inequality: a systematic review. Annals of the International Communication Association. ISSN 2380-8985

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Abstract

What do we know about representations of economic inequality in media, and how well does this account for media transformations like hybridization? This article uses a systematic review of academic literature on mediated communication about economic inequality, in order to assess the current state of research around salience, framing, explanatory factors and effects of this kind of inequality discourse. We find an overwhelming focus on legacy newspapers and a small number of Global North countries. We argue for research which builds further links between studies of economic inequality and the contemporary study of communication, including moving past obsolete models of media systems, decentering a small selection of Global North countries, and building a more comparative perspective on nationally-grounded inequality discourses.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© 2025 The Author(s)
Divisions:	International Inequalities Institute
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1990 Broadcasting
Date Deposited:	07 May 2025 13:30
Last Modified:	05 Jun 2025 08:03
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/128075

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