Media stories about Māori and Asian victims of family violence—where death resulted—used language that was significantly more negative, compared with stories on European victims, according to an analysis of 946 online articles published by NZ media outlets. The research also revealed that victims aged 65-plus were strongly under-represented in media coverage. In general, however, the proportion of victims in each ethnic group generally corresponded well to the proportion of front-page articles written about them.
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Source: Phys.org