REPRESENTING GANGS IN THE NEWS: MEDIA CONSTRUCTIONS OF CRIMINAL GANGS

Autor:	Carol Y. Thompson, Robert L. Young, Ronald Burns
Rok vydání:	2000
Předmět:	Sociology and Political Science Content analysis Sociology Criminology Symbolic power Social issues News media Social control Newspaper
Zdroj:	Sociological Spectrum. 20:409-432
ISSN:	1521-0707 0273-2173
DOI:	10.1080/02732170050122620
Popis:	This research, based on a content analysis of 4,445 newspaper articles, examines the images that emerge from stories of criminal gangs and societys responses to them. Eight recurrent themes were identifed. It was discovered that articles devoted to the coverage of gang crimes were outnumbered by stories dealing with various community responses. Articles reporting the results of scientifc research on gangs constituted the smallest category. The results are discussed in light of their importance in the construction of social problems discourse and the maintenance of symbolic power and social control.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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