Attributing Responsibility When Police Officers are Killed in the Line of Duty: An Ethnographic Content Analysis of Local Print News Media Frames

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeff Gruenewald ◽  
Natalie Kroovand Hipple
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
News Media ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Media Frames ◽  
Print News ◽  
Ethnographic Content Analysis

scholarly journals Framing ‘Friend’: Media Framing of ‘Man’s Best Friend’ and the Pattern of Police Shootings of Dogs

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Devon Thacker Thomas ◽  
Jenny Vermilya
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Use Of Force ◽  
Companion Animals ◽  
Print News ◽  
News Sources ◽  
Police Shootings ◽  
The Media

The representation and framing of events by news sources plays a critical role in the way society comes to understand a given phenomenon. For example, the use of force by police officers against civilians is covered regularly by news media outlets. Far less widely examined, however, is the excessive use of force against companion animals or pets. Thus, to understand the ways in which police use of force against animals is framed in the media, we conducted qualitative content analyses of 189 print news articles published in diverse regions of the U.S. over the course of a six-year period (2011–2016). Drawing on symbolic interactionism, analysis reveals that the media’s representation of incidents of police shootings of dogs speaks not only to the social value dogs have in society, but also to the acceptability of friendships between humans and dogs. Specifically, we argue that some dog–human relationships are more socially acceptable than others and, therefore, shootings against some dogs are perceived as less acceptable than others. Ultimately, we find that news media representation and the ways in which incidents are framed reify existent social hierarchies. This research contributes to growing bodies of literature on police violence, the shift in perspectives on animals in society, and the power of the media to affect public perception of incidents.

Capturing Cruelty

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon T. Grugan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
News Media ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
General Public ◽  
Companion Animals ◽  
The United States ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Print News ◽  
Nonhuman Animals

AbstractThe news media has long been identified as one of the primary sources for factual crime information for the general public, but not much is known about media coverage of cruelty against nonhuman animals, specifically. This study is a content analysis of media-presented themes in 240 print news articles that reported incidents of cruelty against companion animals in the United States in 2013. Seven thematic presentations of cruelty are identified and include: neutrality, condemnation, sympathy for the animal, drama, advocacy, humor, and sympathy for the offender. These themes are not mutually exclusive, with many articles including aspects of more than one theme. Themes are discussed in detail in regard to expanding the understanding of how specific forms of crime are presented by the news media based in news-making criminology.

scholarly journals Stereotyping and Stigmatising Disability: A Content Analysis of Canadian Print News Media About Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 89-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Aspler ◽  
Natalie Zizzo ◽  
Nina Di Pietro ◽  
Eric Racine
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
News Media ◽  
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Alcohol Exposure ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Fetal Alcohol ◽  
Media Content Analysis ◽  
Print News ◽  
The Media ◽  
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum

People with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), a complex and controversial neurodevelopmental disability caused by alcohol exposure in the womb, report experiences of stigma in different parts of their lives. The media, sometimes central to how a public understands and constructs marginalized identities, have a notable history of poorly representing people with disabilities like FASD (including in Canada), which could increase their stigmatisation. Additionally, given its cause, women who drink while pregnant can also face stigmatisation – with some public discourses evoking narratives that promote blame and shame. To gain insight into the kinds of information presented to Canadians about FASD, alcohol, and pregnancy, we conducted a media content analysis of 286 articles retrieved from ten of the top Canadian newspapers (2002-2015). In this article, we report key themes we identified, most common being ‘crime associated with FASD’. We explore connections between this coverage, common disability stereotypes (i.e., criminal behaviour and ‘the villain’), FASD stigma, and expectations of motherhood.

News Media Framing of Nuclear Power in China From 2004 to 2013

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongxiang Wang ◽  
Jingping Li ◽  
Nan Li ◽  
Ronghua Chen
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
News Media ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Media Framing ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Media Frames ◽  
Regulatory Processes ◽  
Stakeholder Support

China has vigorously developed nuclear power in the past several years whereas the nuclear power expansion has met with considerable objections, principally due to low widespread public support. News media frames can influence public perception. We conducted content analysis of articles related to nuclear power in the People’s Daily from 2004 to 2013. Analysis results showed that articles in the newspaper mainly reflected pro-nuclear or balanced arguments whereas little anti-nuclear opinion was published. Pro-nuclear arguments most often presented environmental benefits and stakeholder support, and informational text primarily reflected nuclear power information, nuclear technology, and regulatory processes. The results of content analysis of the newspaper are highly consistent with the Chinese government’s pro-nuclear decision.

Constructing Political Opportunity: 1987—The Palestinian Year of Discontent

2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eitan Alimi
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
News Media ◽  
Gradual Increase ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Political Opportunity ◽  
Print News ◽  
Political Factions ◽  
Sudden Outburst ◽  
Structural Aspects

This article challenges the portrayal of the 1987 Palestinian Intifada as a spontaneous, sudden outburst of contention. Drawing on content analysis data obtained from several Palestinian print news media sources (N=84), it is suggested that a Palestinian shared perception regarding ripe conditions to rebel was constructed throughout 1987. The findings indicate that throughout 1987 there was (a) a significant gradual increase in calls for action and (b) a convergence among newspapers representing various political factions of the Palestinian movement regarding a framing process of an opportunity to act contentiously. Such findings support recent calls in social movement literature to integrate perceptual with structural aspects.

scholarly journals Framing of Armed Conflicts between the Two Nuclear States of South Asia

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-48
Author(s):  
Noor-ul-Ain Shahid ◽  
Muhammad Ashfaq ◽  
Javaria Zubair
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
News Media ◽  
Armed Conflicts ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Print News ◽  
Causal Responsibility ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Individual

The current study investigates the framing process through the lens of the causal responsibility and the subject matter adopted by Pakistani print news media during the armed conflicts after the Pulwama assault in February 2019. With the help of the census approach, 282 opinions and editorials were collected from a population of 1,321 published items from six English newspapers. The findings show that Pakistani print media outlets extensively used the individual causal responsibility frame, while the social responsibility frame was used less in numbers. The content analysis reveals that the subject matter of awareness was extensively used in media content during the Pulwama assault and its aftermath. The observations are examined from the perspective of journalistic preferences in selecting specific frames during the framing of regional and global armed conflicts.

It’s Not About the Game: Don Imus, Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Media

2010 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl Cooky ◽  
Faye L. Wachs ◽  
Michael Messner ◽  
Shari L. Dworkin
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African American Women ◽  
News Media ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
The United States ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
Media Frames ◽  
Race And Class ◽  
Print News ◽  
Women's Participation

Using intersectionality and hegemony theory, we critically analyze mainstream print news media’s response to Don Imus’ exchange on the 2007 NCAA women’s basketball championship game. Content and textual analysis reveals the following media frames: “invisibility and silence”; “controlling images versus women’s self-definitions”; and, “outside the frame: social issues in sport and society.” The paper situates these media frames within a broader societal context wherein 1) women’s sports are silenced, trivialized and sexualized, 2) media representations of African-American women in the U. S. have historically reproduced racism and sexism, and 3) race and class relations differentially shape dominant understandings of African-American women’s participation in sport. We conclude that news media reproduced monolithic understandings of social inequality, which lacked insight into the intersecting nature of oppression for women, both in sport and in the United States.

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