1. Reaction to the Columbine Shootings
... became a defining event in two aspects. The first way was that journalists were unable to draw on previous media frames while covering the event, which forced them to develop new frames of coverage for the incident. The other way was that the Columbine exemplified the problem of school shootings and juvenile delinquency as a whole (Lawrence). According to a study done of media framing at Columbine, a frame-changing dynamic was ... discovered. Initially, coverage only focused on the Columbine itself, but over time the frame changed to the impact of the shooting in relation to society. In...
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