%0 Journal Article
%T Framing Use of Force: An Analysis of News Organizations¡¯ Social Media Posts About Police Shootings
%A Alexandria Jenkins
%A Chenjerai Kumanyika
%A Erin Ash
%A Yiwei Xu
%J Electronic News
%@ 1931-244X
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1931243119850239
%X This research is a systematic investigation of reporting on police use of force incidents by news organizations through social media. A sample of Tweets and Facebook posts appearing on the social media accounts of top news outlets (N = 500) over the course of a year were analyzed. Rationalizations for use of force, characterizations of police and victims, and contextual framing were examined. Results revealed medium-based differences in challenging police actions as well as demonstrated the limitations of short-form social media in communicating news on complex issues. Implications of these findings for theory and journalistic practice are discussed
%K framing
%K social media
%K journalism
%K news
%K police
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1931243119850239