scholarly journals Changing Media Framings of School Shootings: A Case Study of the Parkland School Shooting

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer LaRose ◽  
Jose Torres ◽  
Michael Barton
Keyword(s):  
Media Coverage ◽  
Media Framing ◽  
School Shootings ◽  
School Shooting ◽  
Front Page ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Coping ◽  
Time Periods ◽  
Coping Model

The Parkland school shooting that occurred on February 14, 2018, ranks among the deadliest high school shootings in recorded history with 17 injuries and 17 casualties. Like other mass school shootings, this event garnered extensive media coverage, but little research has been conducted to examine how media framing for this event compares with previous school shootings. This study examines the framing of the Parkland school shooting by location over time using the Social Coping Model, which describes how collectives cope with and heal from traumatic events. Specifically, this study compares frames of front-page news articles from three local news outlets and three national outlets across three time periods in the immediate aftermath of the shooting. The results indicate the coverage of the Parkland shooting was similar to previous shootings, but the results also suggest a shift in media coverage. The implications for this shift are explored in the context of a changing media landscape while also noting the importance of the Social Coping Model towards understanding the dynamic process of framing school shootings.

scholarly journals Shaping the ‘inexplicable’: A social constructionist analysis of news reporting of familicide-suicide

Journalism ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 146488492110632
Author(s):  
Audrey Galvin ◽  
Fergal Quinn ◽  
Yvonne Cleary
Keyword(s):  
Media Coverage ◽  
Media Framing ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Social Constructionist ◽  
News Reporting ◽  
High Profile ◽  
The Social ◽  
Objective Representation ◽  
Journalistic Practice ◽  
Discursive Patterns

Media framing helps to shape our understanding of the meaning of news events, often problematically. This study examines how this process interacts with the phenomenon of familicide-suicide, where a person kills one or more family members before taking their own life. A social constructionist analysis of the print media coverage of three high-profile cases in Ireland highlights framing and discursive patterns, contributing to an explanatory framework that is misleading and lacking in an evidence base. As well as a tendency towards broad and poorly supported claims-making, several primary causal frames are prevalent: mental health; financial debt; fall from grace; and ‘out of the blue’, whilst a domestic violence frame is notable in its absence. Coverage is found to be episodic in character, linked to dramatisation and more simplistic explanatory frames, rather than evidence-based analysis of potential causal factors for these incidents. Findings raise important questions for journalistic practice, regarding processes of selection and salience of sources contributing to overall coverage that is partial and biased, rather than an ‘objective’ representation of the social world.

Mediated Public Diplomacy Redefined: Foreign Stakeholder Engagement via Paid, Earned, Shared, and Owned Media

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (12) ◽  
pp. 1665-1683 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guy J. Golan ◽  
Ilan Manor ◽  
Phillip Arceneaux
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
News Media ◽  
Stakeholder Engagement ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Public Diplomacy ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
Definition Of

Mediated public diplomacy literature examines the engagement of foreign audiences by governments via mediated channels. To date, scholars have examined the competitive contest between global rivals in promoting and contesting one another’s frames as reflected in global news media coverage. Recognizing the meaningful impact of social media platforms, along with the global rise of government-sponsored media organizations, the current study builds on previous mediated public diplomacy scholarship by expanding the scope of the literature beyond the earned media perspective to also include paid, shared, and owned media. The article presents a revised definition of the term mediated public diplomacy along with a case study of government to foreign stakeholder engagement via the social media platform, Twitter.

scholarly journals The Social Coping Experiences of a Female Child with Arthrogryposis Multitplex Congenita Shared by her Parents

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohaned Abed
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Female Child ◽  
Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita ◽  
Physical Problems ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Coping ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Key Issues

Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita, commonly referred to as AMC, is a disorder recognised by multiple contractures of the joints. The symptoms associated with the disorder span across various levels of severity. Regardless of the physical problems, however, intelligence remains undisturbed.The aim of this paper is centred on investigating the social coping experiences of a child living with this condition, adopting a qualitative approach to the research. A case study design was adopted for the research, with the theoretical framework applied known as Phenomenology. One sample was used for the data collection, notably a child diagnosed with Arthrogryposis, with her coping experiences shared by her parents. When examining the data, thematic analysis was applied. This study has significance in the fact it seeks to develop an understanding of children living with this condition, as well as for the disabled child population as a whole. The key issues seen to arise from this study include the role of social relationships, the role of the parent in socialisation, and the perceptions of others concerning AMC.  

scholarly journals Perceptions of School Counselors Surviving a School Shooting

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 2156759X1985325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carleton H. Brown
Keyword(s):  
School Counselors ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
School Shootings ◽  
Professional Responsibility ◽  
School Shooting ◽  
Counseling Services ◽  
Perceptions Of School

School counselors have an ethical and professional responsibility to offer counseling services during crises such as a school shooting. Limited research has explored the lived experiences and practices of school counselors who have experienced a school shooting. This article discusses a qualitative case study investigating school counselors’ experiences related to school shootings and presents implications for school counselors.

scholarly journals Alternative media framing of COVID-19 risks

2021 ◽  
pp. 001139212110061
Author(s):  
Martin Rooke
Keyword(s):  
Media Coverage ◽  
Media Framing ◽  
Alternative Media ◽  
Framing Analysis ◽  
Far Right ◽  
Social Amplification Of Risk ◽  
The Social ◽  
Online Audiences ◽  
Risk Framework ◽  
Risk Amplification

Early media coverage of COVID-19, between 1 January and 31 March 2020, provided Alternative Media Personalities (AMPs) an opportunity to provide conspiratorial misinformation to their online audiences. Far-right AMPs may reframe sociopolitical aspects of risk to produce ‘fake-news’, amplifying future risks arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. Using the Social Amplification of Risk Framework (SARF) to define factors of risk amplification, this study conducted a framing analysis upon 1,895 minutes of streamed video content from a popular, far-right, AMP regarding COVID-19. Significant differences in frame expression suggested that AMPs hold greater value in specific frames when providing infotainment based upon authentic interpretations of risk. A lack of significant change in frame expression over time suggests that AMPs may rely upon media templates when communicating risk to their audience. Qualitative data suggest that different aspects of risk amplification work in concert to provide discursive contexts for far-right AMPs to define risks from their ideological standpoint. The data provided by this study better outline some of the complexities facing scientific communications strategies which seek to directly address misinformation online.

scholarly journals Safety, advocacy, and the teacher’s role: Pre-service teachers and school shooting policies

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
May Hara
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
School Shootings ◽  
School Shooting ◽  
Pedagogical Practice ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
The Core ◽  
Teachers Experiences ◽  
Teacher Policy

In this qualitative case study, I examine pre-service teachers’ experiences with school shooting policy.  Analysis of individual interviews, group discussions and reflective memos with pre-service teachers (n=7) in seven Massachusetts districts shows that pre-service teachers, while deeply concerned about the possibility of school shootings, viewed existing policies as ineffective, damaging to their pedagogical practice and relationships with students, and out of step with teachers’ concerns. Further, they interpreted proposed policies as undermining the value of teachers in contemporary society and threatening the core tenets of teachers’ work. Constrained by limited professional development around policy involvement, pre-service teachers expressed significant doubts about their ability to effect meaningful policy change. This research has implications for educational policy and teacher policy involvement.

God and Guns

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-85
Author(s):  
Bree Alexander
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Study Data ◽  
School Shootings ◽  
School Shooting ◽  
After School ◽  
The Public ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
Case Study Data

Responses to school shootings nationwide have been varied. While prevention and intervention have been a primary focus for many public schools, healing through faith has been less communicated in the public. Many survivors and stakeholders have publicly ridiculed overtly spiritual responses to school shootings that minimize action needed to address the issue, citing that policy change and improved safety precautions in schools are the primary ways in which change will occur. However, multiple recent suicides of individuals who experienced the effects of a school shooting, suggest that healing from trauma should also be a main priority after a school shooting. This study explores the role of faith and religion with trauma intervention in the aftermath of school shootings. The article uses case study data to discuss the methods by which faith can be a resource for healing from trauma after school shootings.

Everything’s negative about Nigeria: A study of US media reporting on Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oluseyi Adegbola ◽  
Jacqueline Skarda-Mitchell ◽  
Sherice Gearhart
Keyword(s):  
Media Coverage ◽  
Media Framing ◽  
International Communication ◽  
African Continent ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Media Reporting ◽  
New Findings ◽  
Time Periods ◽  
Television Coverage ◽  
Western Media

Previous research on international communication cites under-reporting and negative coverage as major problems of Western media reporting of the African continent. These problems are present specifically in US television coverage of African countries. Utilising agenda-setting and media framing theory, this study content analyses US television media coverage of Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy and most populous nation, in two 5-year time periods, 2005–2009 and 2010–2014. Reports broadcast by the big three networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) were coded for issues, sources, valence, and frames ( N = 643). Results corroborate existing research regarding the predominance of episodic frames and negative coverage across time periods. New findings concerning coverage of Nigeria by Western media organisations are discussed.

Framing the Olympic Elite Athlete Funding Issue: A Case Study of Canadian Newspaper Coverage

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 310-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanhan Xue ◽  
Daniel S. Mason ◽  
Brad R. Humphreys ◽  
Bruce K. Johnson ◽  
John C. Whitehead
Keyword(s):  
Media Coverage ◽  
Sport Participation ◽  
Elite Athlete ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Elite Athletes ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Media Framing ◽  
Framing Theory ◽  
Newspaper Coverage ◽  
Time Periods

This article employs media framing theory to examine the debate over public funding to support elite athlete development. More specifically, it examines the discourse in Canadian newspaper coverage of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games surrounding funding for elite athletes. The article first provides an overview of government funding support for elite athletes in Canada and then reviews relevant literature on media framing theory. Methods are discussed, followed by a summary of the frames found in the data analysis process, which examines frames across two distinct time periods—a period leading up to the Games where many stakeholders worried about the ability of Canadian athletes to perform for the host country and the period during and following the Games (where Canadian athletes achieved unprecedented success in winning medals). Several frames emerged from the media coverage regarding the issue of federal government funds for elite athletes over the periods before and during/after the 2010 Olympic Games. Through examining the frequencies of particular frames, we find that three frames—medal performance and national pride, diversified funding approaches, and sport participation and health benefits—were present in both pre-Olympics and during/post-Olympics periods examined, but the salience of the three frames varied between the time periods.

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