How Media Covered Police Shootings During and After Ferguson: Framing Analysis of Officer-Involved Shootings In 2014 and 2016

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  • June 12, 2020
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  • Ketron, Grace
    • Affiliation: Hussman School of Journalism and Media
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  • This framing analysis determined how three national media platforms portrayed two high profile police-involved shootings of unarmed individuals from 2014 to 2016. The pivotal Ferguson shooting occurred in 2014, so cases during and after Ferguson were evaluated. Specifically, this study asked, how did three leading national news sources (The New York Times, Fox News, and the Associated Press) frame the issue of police-involved shootings from 2014 to 2016? The significance of how media explain issues and events cannot be overstated; how reporters present stories influences how audiences view public issues, including police-involved shootings, and how they respond to them. This study hopes to contribute to the current national dialogue surrounding the role of race in officer-involved shootings because framing theory suggests that news frames affect how people understand race’s role in American police departments and society.
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  • McElroy, Gary
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  • Bachelor of Arts
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  • Honors
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  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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  • 2019
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  • English

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