Description:This book explores and explains how traditional and alternative media have framed the issues of gun trafficking into Mexico, drug related violence, and spillover violence. It reveals how gun trafficking and drug related violence are social problems for Mexico, while spillover violence is portrayed as a moral panic for the U.S.Readers will gain a better understanding of how the media portrays and frames the criminal activity that is occurring in Mexico and how it impacts the U.S. The book analyses national newspapers from both sides of the US-Mexico border: The New York Times and El Universal, and draws on a theoretical framework of moral panics, social problems, and cultivation theory. It reveals six framing devices, "the blame game," "worthy and unworthy victims," "positive aspects," "negative aspects of gun trafficking," "indirect mention of gun trafficking," and "direct mention of gun trafficking", which are utilized by The New York Times and El Universal to discuss and frame the issue of gun trafficking into Mexico and its impact on Mexico's border violence.
Mexico's Drug Related Violence
will be of great interest to students and scholars interested in the perception of media and crime, as well as those who researching the topic drug cartels and drug related violence.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Mexico’s Drug-Related Violence (Drugs, Crime and Society). To get started finding Mexico’s Drug-Related Violence (Drugs, Crime and Society), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Mexico’s Drug-Related Violence (Drugs, Crime and Society)
Description: This book explores and explains how traditional and alternative media have framed the issues of gun trafficking into Mexico, drug related violence, and spillover violence. It reveals how gun trafficking and drug related violence are social problems for Mexico, while spillover violence is portrayed as a moral panic for the U.S.Readers will gain a better understanding of how the media portrays and frames the criminal activity that is occurring in Mexico and how it impacts the U.S. The book analyses national newspapers from both sides of the US-Mexico border: The New York Times and El Universal, and draws on a theoretical framework of moral panics, social problems, and cultivation theory. It reveals six framing devices, "the blame game," "worthy and unworthy victims," "positive aspects," "negative aspects of gun trafficking," "indirect mention of gun trafficking," and "direct mention of gun trafficking", which are utilized by The New York Times and El Universal to discuss and frame the issue of gun trafficking into Mexico and its impact on Mexico's border violence.
Mexico's Drug Related Violence
will be of great interest to students and scholars interested in the perception of media and crime, as well as those who researching the topic drug cartels and drug related violence.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Mexico’s Drug-Related Violence (Drugs, Crime and Society). To get started finding Mexico’s Drug-Related Violence (Drugs, Crime and Society), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.