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Author McCluskey, Michael R., author.

Title News framing of school shootings : journalism and American social problems / Michael McCluskey.

Publication Info. Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents News, society and violence -- News framing, frame building and problem definitions -- Influences on school shooting news frames -- Guns and value framing -- Popular media, moral panics and culture wars -- Religion, coping and blaming -- Other individual-level problem definitions -- Other societal-level problem definitions -- Heroism and journalism -- Evaluation of news discourse, effects and lessons -- References.
Summary This book analyzes how school shootings are covered in the news. The author explores reasons behind the coverage patterns, the audiences' political ideologies, the influence of political actors, and the contextual elements of each shooting.
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Subject School shootings -- Press coverage -- United States.
School shootings.
Press coverage.
United States.
Violence in mass media.
Violence in mass media.
EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
Indexed Term School shootings in mass media
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: McCluskey, Michael R. News framing of school shootings. Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016] 9781498532969 (DLC) 2016039564
ISBN 9781498532976 (electronic book)
1498532977 (electronic book)
9781498532969 (cloth ; alkaline paper)