Abstract
ABSTRACT Studies addressing media coverage of crime have concluded that newspapers devote inordinate attention to sensational crime events. This style of reporting has been attributed to the creation of moral panics. Recent media coverage of carjacking is explored to determine the types of carjackings that are reported on. To address this issue, a content analysis was performed on newspaper articles that described actual carjacking cases. The results of the present study suggest that Louisiana newspapers more often report on carjackings that involve injury to victims and offenders, especially those involving homicides, than on the typical carjacking as described in previous national, state, and city-specific carjacking research.
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