Network news coverage of school shootings |
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| Institution: | 1. Sociology & Anthropology Department, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL 61455, USA;2. Gonzaga University, 502 East Boone Avenue, Spokane, WA 99258, USA;1. Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Energy and Climate Research, IEK-3: Electrochemical Process Engineering, Jülich, Germany;2. Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin GmbH, Institute of Applied Materials, Berlin, Germany;3. Modeling in Electrochemical Process Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Germany;1. School of Automation, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China;2. Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China;1. University of California San Diego, United States;2. University of Oslo, Norway;3. Statistics Norway, Norway;4. CESifo, Germany;5. Norwegian School of Economics, Norway |
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| Abstract: | School shootings have become a subject of intense national debate. The present study is a content analysis and interpretation of television evening newscast coverage of these crimes. The focus is on ABC, CBS, and NBC nightly newscasts. Findings from this research support two propositions: that the most violent school shootings receive the most media coverage, and that the reporting of school shooting cases on network newscasts reflect the “herd mentality” nature of the media. |
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