Notorious Places: Image, Reputation, Stigma. The Role of Newspapers in Area Reputations for Social Housing Estates

Figures & data

Figure 1 Volume of press coverage of Sighthill and Red Road, 1998–2011.

Table 1. Balance of press coverage of Sighthill and Red Road, 1998–2011

	Sighthill (%)	Red Road (%)
Positive articles	9	9
Mixed articles	19	22
Negative articles	49	41
Neutral articles	23	28
Number of articles	100 (1237)	100 (550)

Table 2. Coverage in direct and indirect articles, Red Road, 1998–2011

	Percentage of articles		Percentage of words
	Indirect	Direct	Direct
Positive	10	9	9
Mixed	14	34	37
Negative	36	47	51
Neutral	40	10	3
Number of articles	100 (336)	100 (214)

Table 3. Balance of coverage for each estate by newspaper, 1998–2011

	The Herald (%)		Evening Times (%)		Daily Record (%)
	Sighthill	Red Road	Sighthill	Red Road	Sighthill	Red Road
Positive	7	7	12	11	5	4
Mixed	21	16	18	27	16	19
Negative	48	49	45	37	60	47
Neutral	24	28	24	25	19	30

Table 4. Main subjects covered in articles on the two estates

	Negative stories	Mixed stories	Positive stories
Sighthill	Asylum seekers Violence & crime Poor environment	Asylum seekers Regeneration Demolition plans	Integration efforts Asylum seekers Schools Regeneration Achievements of individuals
Red Road	Living in the flats Violence & crime Poor environment Demolition plans Asylum seeker suicides	Regeneration Integration efforts: youth & asylum seekers Resilience	Community projects Supporting refugees Recognition for the flats Regeneration