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The Representation Of Female Victims In Front-Page News Stories: The Effect Of Race/Ethnicity, Danielle C. Slakoff
The Representation Of Female Victims In Front-Page News Stories: The Effect Of Race/Ethnicity, Danielle C. Slakoff
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My dissertation examines how white, black, and Latina female victims are differentially portrayed in front-page newspaper stories. I hypothesized there would be differences across the three groups in 1) the total number of front-page stories, 2) coverage intensity and use of photographs, 3) presence of unsympathetic and sympathetic themes in newspaper stories, and 4) overall story narratives. To test my expectations, I examined front-page newspaper stories about female victims from seven widely-circulated U.S. newspapers from the calendar year 2006 with a mixed-methods approach. I found more front-page stories about white female victims than black and Latina female victims. In addition, …