Author ORCID Identifier

Cristián Doña Reveco

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-6-2016

Publication Title

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volume

38

Issue

4

First Page

518

Last Page

529

Abstract

Local journalism is expected to record significant events, people, and ideas tied to the location where the journalism is practiced. Public art commemorates some of these significant events, people, and ideas, some of which encapsulate the style of the city, and all of which can become issues that gain media attention. We investigate a decade (2001–2010) of newspaper reporting and policies related to public art in four cities that are considered cultural destinations in the United States—Philadelphia, New Orleans, San Francisco, and Chicago—to understand how this issue is used to define and describe each of these cities and styles within media discourse. We argue that what is covered and how it is covered shed light on how journalists and those who make decisions about public art seek to develop and maintain the styles of cities.

Comments

This is an Author’s Original Manuscript (AOM) of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Urban Affairs on 6 December 2016, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1111/juaf.12242.

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