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ArticlePreventive medicine reports2025

Comparison of community firearm violence news reports across four local television stations in Philadelphia, PA, USA: A quantitative media content analysis.

Siena Wanders, Jennifer Midberry, Anita Wamakima, Tyrone Muns, Kallie Palm, Jim MacMillan, Christopher N Morrison, Jessica H Beard

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Article in Preventive medicine reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Siena WandersLewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, 3500 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 19140.
Jennifer MidberryKlein College of Media and Communication, Temple University, 2020 N 13 St, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA.
Anita WamakimaDepartment of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Temple University, 3401 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
Tyrone MunsTemple University Hospital, 3401 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
Kallie PalmMarquette University, 1250 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53233, USA.
Jim MacMillanPhiladelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting, 1315 Walnut St, Suite 300, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
Christopher N MorrisonDepartment of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 722 W 168 St, New York, NY 10032, USA.
Jessica H BeardLewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, 3500 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 19140.

Funding

Examining Racial and Spatial Disparities in Harmful News Media Reporting on Community Firearm ViolenceR21MD019088 · NIMHD · TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH · PI BEARD, JESSICA H · 2023 to 2024
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NIMHD NIH HHS R21 MD019088
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: On television news in Philadelphia, PA, USA, community firearm violence (CFV) is rarely covered as a public health issue, and harmful content elements are pervasive. It is unknown whether and how coverage differs across networks. To fill this gap, we compared CFV stories across all local English-language Philadelphia stations: 6ABC, CBS3, NBC10, and FOX29. Methods: We performed a quantitative media content analysis using a stratified sample of CFV news clips. On each day of 2021, one network and broadcast time were chosen randomly and all clips featuring a firearm-injured person in Philadelphia were collected. We coded the clips to identify victim characteristics and the frequency of 11 harmful content elements. We calculated harmful content scores and compared content frequencies. Results: Most clips contained harmful content (99.7 %) and most harmful content scores were similar. Differences included: NBC10 less frequently reported clinical condition( Conclusions: CFV reports were similar across television news outlets in Philadelphia, suggesting that networks are approaching coverage in the same manner: placing high news value on crime framing and frequently including harmful content.

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Firearm violenceHealth communicationMediaMedia framingViolence prevention

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PMID41404121
PMCPMC12704256

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