REPRESENTATIONS OF STRANGER AND NON-STRANGER HOMICIDE: A QUALITATIVE CONTENT ANALYSIS OF CANADIAN NEWS MEDIA
Journal: Scholars Commons (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Year: 2016

The news media play a significant role in shaping public narratives about homicide by the particular incidents that journalists choose to report â or not report â on. Newspapers, in particular, lack the benefit of constant imagery, special effects, and live-action reporting that T.V. news reports have, and, as a result, forces newspapers to construct sensational and newsworthy homicide stories in order to be competitive and gain readership. To achieve this, newspapers often disproportionatel