新闻媒体报道与杀人案件流行病学
News media coverage and the epidemiology of homicide.
作者信息
Sorenson S B, Manz J G, Berk R A
机构信息
School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles 90095-1772, USA.
出版信息
Am J Public Health. 1998 Oct;88(10):1510-4. doi: 10.2105/ajph.88.10.1510.
OBJECTIVES
This study assessed how newspaper coverage of homicides corresponds to the epidemiology of homicide.
METHODS
Stories in the Los Angeles Times about homicide (n = 2782) were compared with the homicides that occurred in Los Angeles County from 1990 through 1994 (n = 9442). The generalized linear model assessed how victim, incident, and suspect characteristics related to coverage.
RESULTS
Even when multiple variables were taken into account, some homicides (those with female, child, or elderly victims; those in which the suspect was a stranger to the victim; those in wealthier neighborhoods) received more coverage and others (those with Black or Hispanic victims or victims with less than a high school education; those committed with nonfirearm weapons; those in which the suspect was an intimate of the victim) received less coverage than expected.
CONCLUSIONS
Some homicides are more newsworthy than others. Potential implications of not providing the public with representative data are discussed.
目的
本研究评估了报纸对杀人案件的报道与杀人案件流行病学之间的对应关系。
方法
将《洛杉矶时报》上关于杀人案件的报道（n = 2782）与1990年至1994年在洛杉矶县发生的杀人案件（n = 9442）进行比较。广义线性模型评估了受害者、事件和嫌疑人特征与报道之间的关系。
结果
即使考虑了多个变量，一些杀人案件（受害者为女性、儿童或老年人的案件；嫌疑人与受害者为陌生人的案件；发生在较富裕社区的案件）得到了更多报道，而其他案件（受害者为黑人或西班牙裔或受教育程度低于高中的受害者的案件；使用非枪支武器实施的案件；嫌疑人是受害者亲密关系人的案件）的报道少于预期。
结论
一些杀人案件比其他案件更具新闻价值。讨论了不向公众提供代表性数据的潜在影响。
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