This study examined news coverage of the Blackwell murders in Seattle. This case concerned the domestic violence murder of a “mail-order bride.” Mainstream coverage positioned Tim Blackwell as deviant and sick and Susana Blackwell as deserving of the crime, because of stereotypical assumptions about women as well as foreigners. This coverage was compared to two minority presses in Seattle to determine how they succeeded in breaking out of dominant ideological frames.
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