TY - JOUR
T1 - Newspapers' framing of elder abuse
T2 - It's not a family affair
AU - Mastin, Teresa
AU - Choi, Jounghwa
AU - Barboza, Gia Elise
AU - Post, Lori
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - This article describes media coverage of elder abuse from 2003 to 2005. Guided by media typification and framing literatures, eight newspapers' elder abuse coverage was content analyzed. The newspapers' coverage usually typified andframed elder abuse in a criminal justice context. The stories covered most often featured episodic frames, 57.1%, while a majority, 65.2%, of the coverage framed elder abuse as an individual- as opposed to a societal-level problem. Most elder abuse occurs in domestic settings, yet the newspapers' coverage most often focused on elder abuse in long-term care settings.
AB - This article describes media coverage of elder abuse from 2003 to 2005. Guided by media typification and framing literatures, eight newspapers' elder abuse coverage was content analyzed. The newspapers' coverage usually typified andframed elder abuse in a criminal justice context. The stories covered most often featured episodic frames, 57.1%, while a majority, 65.2%, of the coverage framed elder abuse as an individual- as opposed to a societal-level problem. Most elder abuse occurs in domestic settings, yet the newspapers' coverage most often focused on elder abuse in long-term care settings.
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U2 - 10.1177/107769900708400408
DO - 10.1177/107769900708400408
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:42449146660
SN - 1077-6990
VL - 84
SP - 777
EP - 794
JO - Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
JF - Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
IS - 4
ER -
