RT Article
T1 L'art de raconter une bonne histoire: analyse de la couverture médiatique des gangs de rue à la télévision et sur les plateformes numériques de Radio-Canada
JF Canadian journal of criminology and criminal justice
VO 59
IS 2
SP 227
OP 250
A1 Brosseau, Patricia
A2 Guay, Jean-Pierre 1972-
LA French
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1565766318
AB Media content is the result of a special filtering process. Concerning criminality, newsworthiness determines the selection of an event and the media attention. The violence of the crime, the victimization of more than one person, vulnerability, or a lack of relationship between the two protagonists are all indicators to evaluate how interesting a news story is. Some of these elements are often used by journalists to cover events related to street gangs. However, very few studies have been made on the media's interest about gangs and their effect on news treatment. In total, 417 reports from Radio-Canada's TV channel and website content have compared the media treatment of 210 reports about street gangs with 207 reports on general crime. The results suggest that reports about street gangs have greater media coverage, especially in length and details. Independent of the elements that determine what makes good news, those involving gangs make interesting stories.
K1 Street gangs
K1 Audiovisual media
K1 Digital media
K1 Components of newsworthiness
K1 Media coverage
K1 Medienberichterstattung
K1 Massenmedien
K1 Soziale Medien
DO 10.3138/cjccj.2015.F06