UWS researcher challenges depiction of public housing tenants on SBS TV

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27-Oct-2011 UWS researcher Dallas Rogers has urged Australians to question the view of public housing tenants as the "suburban underbelly" of dole bludgers depicted on SBS's new comedy Housos. Mr Rogers is a Research Fellow with the Australian Research Council funded Resident Voices study, which links public housing tenants in Sydney, Adelaide and Chicago through collaborative research projects. He says satire plays an important role in scrutinising power in society, but it's important to question the social and political consequences of satire directed at public housing tenants.  Read More...

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