Criticism of the Police in the News : Discourses and Frames in the News Media’s Coverage of the Norwegian Bureau for the Investigation of Police Affairs
Sammanfattning
Mediated descriptions of reality are tremendously important to the way the public – and policymakers – perceive the police. The present article analyses how leading news outlets reported and commented on complaints against the Norwegian police during the period 2005-2008. The study is based on content analyses of press and television coverage, with special emphasis on a publicly debated police action in which a student of African origins lost his life. In most cases, news coverage of the police and the investigators of the police is event-driven, and the picture of the police seldom points to institutional or organizational problems. The story is too often one about individual wrongdoings alone. Unfortunately, such media pictures matter and influence policy decisions, especially when they become the point of departure for political debate.
Utgivare
Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom
Källa
Nordicom Review, 35 (1) p. 33-50
Samlingar
Fil(er)
Datum
2014-06Författare
Pollack, Ester
Allern, Sigurd
Redaktör
Carlsson, Ulla
Nyckelord
policing
crime news,
framing
complaints
racism
Publikationstyp
article, peer reviewed scientific
Språk
eng