Newspaper coverage “prominence” variables (%), by victim ethnicity and victim-suspect relationship
| Victim ethnicity | Victim-suspect relationship | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asian | Black | Hispanic | White | Acquaintance | Child | Gang | Intimate | Stranger | |
| *p<0.05 (χ2); †The “other” category was not included in cross tabulations or regression analyses (n=12). | |||||||||
| Section of paper† | |||||||||
| A | 18.5 | 11.6 | 18.4 | 11.1 | 19.4 | 17.7 | 25.0 | 9.7 | 5.6 |
| B | 81.5 | 88.4 | 81.6 | 88.9 | 80.6 | 82.4 | 75.0 | 90.3 | 94.4 |
| Page number in section | |||||||||
| 1 | 39.3 | 33.3 | 22.2 | 34.2 | 25.6 | 47.1 | 33.3 | 21.2 | 37.5 |
| 2 | 28.6 | 37.8 | 35.6 | 26.3 | 30.8 | 23.5 | 29.6 | 39.4 | 35.0 |
| 3 or higher | 32.1 | 28.9 | 42.2 | 39.5 | 43.6 | 29.4 | 37.1 | 39.4 | 27.5 |
| Placement on page | |||||||||
| Above the fold | 71.4 | 31.1 | 55.6 | 52.6* | 51.3 | 70.6 | 44.4 | 54.6 | 42.5 |
| Below the fold | 17.9 | 37.8 | 17.8 | 23.7 | 20.5 | 11.8 | 33.3 | 24.2 | 30.0 |
| Can't tell | 10.7 | 31.1 | 26.7 | 23.7 | 28.2 | 17.7 | 22.2 | 21.2 | 27.5 |
| Number of words in story | |||||||||
| 1–150 | 28.6 | 44.4 | 40.0 | 26.3 | 33.3 | 29.4 | 33.3 | 48.5 | 32.5 |
| 151–500 | 32.1 | 26.7 | 35.6 | 39.5 | 35.9 | 29.4 | 22.2 | 30.3 | 42.5 |
| 501 or more | 39.3 | 28.9 | 24.4 | 34.2 | 30.8 | 41.2 | 44.4 | 21.2 | 25.0 |
| Photograph(s) in story | |||||||||
| Yes | 39.3 | 22.2 | 26.7 | 31.6 | 25.6 | 35.3 | 37.0 | 15.2 | 35.0 |
| No | 60.7 | 77.8 | 73.3 | 68.4 | 74.4 | 64.7 | 63.0 | 84.9 | 65.0 |