ABSTRACT

The July 1967 riot in Detroit, Michigan, was one of the most violent race-related conflicts in American history. Common themes developed in both local and national media coverage of the event, including widespread use of wartime imagery. This archival framing analysis examines the frames and techniques used by three major newspapers—the Detroit Free Press, the New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times—when covering the riot. While warfare and criminality were frequently used as framing devices, journalists at all three papers highlighted ideological divisions within Detroit’s Black community. Ultimately, the study argues that reporters’ marginalizing word choices and the racialization of riot-related violence depicted African-Americans as a dangerous “other.” The coverage created an interpretive lens for readers, cementing existing racial divisions, and shaping how newsrooms and the American public would understand racial violence for years to come.

摘要

1967年7月在密歇根州底特律发生的骚乱是美国历史上与种族有关的最暴力冲突之一。地方和国家媒体对该事件的报道形成了共同的主题，包括广泛使用战时图像。这份存档框架分析研究了三大主要报纸（底特律自由报，纽约时报和洛杉矶时报）使用的框架和技术。当掩盖暴乱时。尽管战争和犯罪经常被用作取景器，但三篇论文的记者都强调了底特律黑人社区内的意识形态分歧。最终，该研究认为，记者对词汇选择的边缘化以及与暴动有关的暴力的种族化将非裔美国人描述为危险的“其他”。该报道为读者创造了一个解释镜头，巩固了现有的种族分歧，并塑造了新闻编辑室和美国公众未来几年如何理解种族暴力的方式。