Race & Crime on the Evening News: New Orleans in the Days after Hurricane Katrina

This study examines how residents of New Orleans, Louisiana were depicted on a variety of evening news programs in the days after hurricane Katrina. A qualitative content analysis of television news transcripts and select audio-visual footage reveals how the media framed crime, the perpetrators of...

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Main Author: Schwartz, Kristin Ashby
Format: Others
Published: ScholarWorks@UNO 2007
Online Access:http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/520
http://scholarworks.uno.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1520&context=td