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An Exploratory Analysis Of Media Reporting Of Police Involved Shootings In Florida, John L. Brown
An Exploratory Analysis Of Media Reporting Of Police Involved Shootings In Florida, John L. Brown
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The focus of this study is on media reporting of police involved shootings in Florida. Given that knowledge of killings committed by law enforcement are frequently restricted to what people get from news sources, it is important to investigate the way these messages are being communicated. An exploratory analysis of 199 articles and transcripts covering 86 cases relevant to deadly use of force by police officers as reported from 2013 to 2015 provided the primary data source. The analysis engaged a critical examination of media content and goodness of fit models to identify commonalities used by the media when reporting …