Sensationalizing death? Graphic disaster images in the tabloid and broadsheet press

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Beteiligte: Hanusch, Folker
In: European Journal of Communication, 28, 2013, 5, S. 497-513
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SAGE Publications
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Umfang: 497-513
ISSN: 0267-3231
1460-3705
DOI: 10.1177/0267323113491349
veröffentlicht in: European Journal of Communication
Sprache: Englisch
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Kollektion: SAGE Publications (CrossRef)
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<jats:p>Debates over the extent of graphic imagery of death in newspapers often suffer from generalized assertions that are based on inadequate or incomplete empirical evidence. Newspapers are believed to display death in very graphic ways, with particularly the tabloid press assumedly leading a race to the bottom. This article reports the results of a study of tabloid and broadsheet images of death from the 2010 Haiti earthquake in eight Western European and North American countries. It shows that, far from omnipresent, graphic images of death are relatively rare. While tabloids overall display a larger percentage of graphic images, this was not the case everywhere, with particularly the UK, Canada and the US displaying strong similarities between tabloids and broadsheets. In Austria, Germany, Norway and Switzerland, on the other hand, there were distinct differences between the two types. The article argues that different extents of tabloidization may account for these differences.</jats:p>