FRAME AND BLAME: AN ANALYSIS OF HOW NATIONAL AND LOCAL NEWSPAPERS FRAMED THE JENA SIX CONTROVERSY

被引:26
作者
Holt, Lanier Frush [1 ]
Major, Lesa Hatley [2 ]
机构
[1] Butler Univ, Indianapolis, IN 46208 USA
[2] Indiana Univ, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
关键词
TELEVISION-NEWS; RACIAL STEREOTYPES; AFRICAN-AMERICANS; CRIME; PORTRAYALS; BLACKS; MEDIA; RESPONSIBILITY; PERCEPTIONS; SUSPECTS;
D O I
10.1177/107769901008700309
中图分类号
G2 [信息与知识传播];
学科分类号
05 ; 0503 ;
摘要
This study analyzed local and national newspapers to determine how each framed the Jena Six controversy and to determine if either broke from traditional episodic coverage in framing crime and African Americans Local papers more frequently put a human face on the issue, while national papers more frequently framed it as a moral wrong However unlike previous studies this analysis found that both local and national papers used more thematic than episodic coverage, suggesting that sometimes the circumstances surrounding a crime can be so egregious that societal factors must be included in coverage
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页码:582 / 597
页数:16
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