@article{ref1,
title="An interreality study of race and homicide news coverage in Baton Rouge, Louisiana",
journal="Crime, media, culture",
year="2022",
author="Klein, Tim V. and Hodges, Quincy",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Building on ethnic blame discourse, the social threat hypothesis, and media bias theories, this article makes a quantitative interreality comparison between homicide news coverage and homicide statistics in Baton Rouge, Louisiana--a city with one of the highest homicide rates in the United States of America. <br><br>FINDINGS reveal that Whites made up 2% of homicide victims in 2018 in Baton Rouge, but represented almost 40% of homicide victims in the news. Press releases issued by local law enforcement also overrepresented White homicide victims, as did follow-up stories. <br><br>FINDINGS on homicide suspects showed that Whites and Latinos were overrepresented, and Blacks were underrepresented.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1741-6590",
doi="10.1177/17416590221091851",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17416590221091851"
}