Newspaper coverage “story frame” 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). | |||||||||
| Victim's background discussed | |||||||||
| Yes | 17.9 | 22.2 | 26.7 | 36.8 | 76.9 | 82.4 | 77.8 | 75.8 | 62.5 |
| No | 82.1 | 77.8 | 73.3 | 63.2 | 23.1 | 17.7 | 22.2 | 24.2 | 37.5 |
| Suspect's background discussed | |||||||||
| Yes | 25.0 | 6.7 | 15.6 | 21.1 | 18.0 | 41.2 | 0.0 | 21.2 | 10.0* |
| No | 67.9 | 71.1 | 75.6 | 65.8 | 71.8 | 58.8 | 66.7 | 78.8 | 70.0 |
| N/A (no suspect identified) | 7.1 | 22.2 | 8.9 | 13.2 | 10.3 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 20.0 |
| Issue background discussed | |||||||||
| Yes | 17.9 | 11.1 | 13.3 | 18.4 | 12.8 | 23.5 | 37.0 | 3.0 | 7.5* |
| No | 82.1 | 88.9 | 86.7 | 81.6 | 87.2 | 76.5 | 63.0 | 97.0 | 92.5 |
| Hook | |||||||||
| Yes | 32.1 | 24.4 | 31.1 | 34.2 | 25.6 | 41.2 | 37.0 | 9.1 | 42.5* |
| No | 67.9 | 75.6 | 68.9 | 65.8 | 74.4 | 58.8 | 63.0 | 90.9 | 57.5 |
| Focus of story | |||||||||
| Thematic | 21.4 | 15.6 | 11.1 | 10.5 | 15.4 | 11.8 | 25.9 | 3.0 | 15.0 |
| Episodic | 78.6 | 84.4 | 88.9 | 89.5 | 84.6 | 88.2 | 74.1 | 97.0 | 85.0 |
| Genre | |||||||||
| Mainly opinion based | 17.9 | 26.7 | 22.2 | 34.2 | 23.1 | 41.2 | 37.0 | 9.1 | 27.5 |
| Mainly factual | 82.1 | 73.3 | 77.8 | 65.8 | 76.9 | 58.8 | 63.0 | 90.9 | 72.5 |
| Tone | |||||||||
| Emotional | 42.9 | 28.9 | 31.1 | 36.8 | 33.3 | 29.4 | 44.4 | 15.2 | 45.0 |
| Non-emotional | 57.1 | 71.1 | 68.9 | 63.2 | 66.7 | 70.6 | 55.6 | 84.9 | 55.0 |