An interreality study of race and homicide news coverage in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Building on ethnic blame discourse, the social threat hypothesis, and media bias theories, this article makes a quantitative interreality comparison between homicide news coverage and homicide statistics in Baton Rouge, Louisiana - a city with one of the highest homicide rates in the United States o...

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VerfasserInnen: Klein, Tim V. (Verfasst von) ; Hodges, Quincy (Verfasst von)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2023
In: Crime, media, culture
Jahr: 2023, Band: 19, Heft: 2, Seiten: 209-232
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Crime reporting
ethnic blame discourse
Media distortion analysis
news representations of race
social threat hypothesis
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Zusammenfassung:Building on ethnic blame discourse, the social threat hypothesis, and media bias theories, this article makes a quantitative interreality comparison between homicide news coverage and homicide statistics in Baton Rouge, Louisiana - a city with one of the highest homicide rates in the United States of America. Findings reveal that Whites made up 2% of homicide victims in 2018 in Baton Rouge, but represented almost 40% of homicide victims in the news. Press releases issued by local law enforcement also overrepresented White homicide victims, as did follow-up stories. Findings on homicide suspects showed that Whites and Latinos were overrepresented, and Blacks were underrepresented.
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ISSN:1741-6604
DOI:10.1177/17416590221091851