Media Coverage and Solidarity after Tragedies
The Reporting of School Shootings in Two Nations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7728201 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James Hawdon (0000-0002-0273-2227, Finnish Youth Research Society), Atte Oksanen (0000-0003-4143-5580, Finnish Youth Research Society), Pekka Räsänen (0000-0001-7472-6355, Finnish Youth Research Society) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 845-874 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1569-1322 • E-ISSN: 1569-1330 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15691330-12341248 |
| OpenAlex | W2033606613 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 27 |
Although considerable research analyzes the media coverage of school shootings, there is a lack of cross-national comparative studies. Yet, a cross-national comparison of the media coverage of school shootings can provide insight into how this coverage can affect communities. Our research focuses on the reporting of the school shootings at Virginia Tech in the U.S. and Jokela and Kauhajoki in Finland. Using 491 articles from the New York Times and Helsingin Sanomat published within a month of each shooting we investigate how reports vary between the nations and among the tragedies. We investigate if one style of framing a tragedy, the use of a “tragic frame,” may contribute to differences in the communities’ response to the events
Criminology · Framing (construction · Geography · Media coverage · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Solidarity · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Gun Ownership and Violence Research · Law · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
Die Fragen der Opfer im Strafprozess
Covid-19 Compliance and Media Consumption
The Commons of the Tragedy
Attributes and Frames of the Aurora Shootings
Negative spaces
Framing the Munich Olympics massacre in the Israeli press
Coping with Tragedy, Reacting to an Event
Return to ‘a new normal’
Safety and Solidarity After the Boston Marathon Bombing
Global mass shootings
The media’s coverage of mass public shootings in America
Instagram’s Affordances and the Visual Construction of Solidarity after a Mass Shooting
National and International Mass Shootings
The Epidemiology of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder after Disasters
Traumatic Loss and Major Disasters
Media Salience and the Process of Framing
Frame analysis
Whole World Is Watching
News Framing Theory and Research
Social Relations that Generate and Sustain Solidarity after a Mass Tragedy
Research in School Shootings
Soundtrack of the School Shootings
Dramatic Real-world Events and Public Opinion Dynamics
Ideology and Public Policy
Guns, Hollywood, and School Safety
Sociology, Disasters, and Terrorism
The Whole World is Watching
A Social Stage Model of Collective Coping
Sudden Solidarity and the Rush to Normalization
Metaphors Matter
Sectors, Agents and Rationale
Rituals of Solidarity and Security in the Wake of Terrorist Attack
Media Discourse and Public Opinion on Nuclear Power
Katrina and Anarchy
Crime as a Source of Solidarity
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,08 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |