Framing of school violence in the South African printed media - (mis)information to the public

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dc.contributor.authorJacobs, Lynette
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-07T06:32:26Z
dc.date.available2017-04-07T06:32:26Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThe way in which the media report on school violence influences public perceptions, gives rise to particular attitudes and can influence decisions by policy makers. The more frequently an issue is presented in a specific way, the more likely it is for readers to perceive the media’s version as the truth. Although news is assumed to be reliable, comprehensive and unprejudiced, journalism can be questioned. This study explores how school violence is framed in the South African print media. A framing analysis was done of 92 articles that appeared in 21 different public newspapers during one year. I found that the way in which the public is informed encourages the perception of school violence as being an individual, rather than a societal, problem and encourages the acceptance of assumptions and stereotypes. Typical ‘bloodand- guts’ reporting is popular, while issues such as emotional and sexual violence in schools appear largely unnoticed by journalists. I argue that the main frames provided to readers in South African newspapers fail largely to elicit social responsibility, while at the same time promoting civic indifference.en_ZA
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationJacobs, L. (2014). Framing of school violence in the South African printed media — (mis)information to the public. South African Journal of Education, 34(1):1-16.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0256-0100 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2076-3433 (online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.15700/201412120958
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11660/6056
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherEducation Association of South Africaen_ZA
dc.rights.holderEducation Association of South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectEmotional violenceen_ZA
dc.subjectMedia framingen_ZA
dc.subjectPhysical violenceen_ZA
dc.subjectSchool violenceen_ZA
dc.subjectSexual violenceen_ZA
dc.subjectSocial responsibilityen_ZA
dc.titleFraming of school violence in the South African printed media - (mis)information to the publicen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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