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Race, gender, and the newsworthiness of homicide incidents

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  • Gruenewald, Jeff
  • Pizarro, Jesenia
  • Chermak, Steven M.

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This study examined the criteria news media use to evaluate the newsworthiness of homicide incidents occurring between the years of 1997 to 2005. By examining how particular race, gender, and race/gender intersections of offender-victim combinations affect news coverage decision-making, this study attempted to identify the most important criteria of newsworthiness. This article contributes to the growing body of newsworthiness of crime research by examining how cultural typification of victims and offenders affects news media coverage of homicides in Newark, New Jersey, a unique research location in which Blacks make up the majority of the population and Hispanics are the dominant population minority. The results provide partial support for Lundman's (2003) conclusion that cultural typification based on race and gender is an important criterion of newsworthiness.

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  • Gruenewald, Jeff & Pizarro, Jesenia & Chermak, Steven M., 2009. "Race, gender, and the newsworthiness of homicide incidents," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 37(3), pages 262-272, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jcjust:v:37:y::i:3:p:262-272
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    1. Chermak, Steven & Weiss, Alexander, 2005. "Maintaining legitimacy using external communication strategies: An analysis of police-media relations," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 33(5), pages 501-512.
    2. Sorenson, S.B. & Peterson Manz, J.G. & Berk, R.A., 1998. "News media coverage and the epidemiology of homicide," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 88(10), pages 1510-1514.
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