April 21, 2024Preventive Medicine ReportsOpen Access

Systematic disparities in reporting on community firearm violence on local television news in Philadelphia, PA, USA

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JBJessica H. BeardTemple University Hospital RRRaha RaissianTemple College LRLeah E. RobertsMaharashtra Association of Anthropological Sciences

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Observational analysis reveals selective news coverage of shootings in Philadelphia, highlighting systematic reporting disparities toward wealthier areas and child victims.

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Local television broadcasts systematically over-reported shootings of children and incidents of mass shooting, while underrepresenting common community firearm violence events.
Featured shooting locations had an average median household income of $60,302 compared to $41,233 across all events, reflecting lower income inequality in covered neighborhoods.
Analysis of a stratified sample of broadcast clips matched with police records highlights news distortion favoring areas with lower racialized economic segregation.

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Beard et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e6e3efb6db64358765facc https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2024.102739

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April 21, 2024Preventive Medicine ReportsOpen Access

Systematic disparities in reporting on community firearm violence on local television news in Philadelphia, PA, USA

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Authors

JBJessica H. BeardTemple University Hospital RRRaha RaissianTemple College LRLeah E. RobertsMaharashtra Association of Anthropological Sciences

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Observational analysis reveals selective news coverage of shootings in Philadelphia, highlighting systematic reporting disparities toward wealthier areas and child victims.

Key Points

Local television broadcasts systematically over-reported shootings of children and incidents of mass shooting, while underrepresenting common community firearm violence events.
Featured shooting locations had an average median household income of $60,302 compared to $41,233 across all events, reflecting lower income inequality in covered neighborhoods.
Analysis of a stratified sample of broadcast clips matched with police records highlights news distortion favoring areas with lower racialized economic segregation.

Cite This Study

Beard et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e6e3efb6db64358765facc https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2024.102739

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