The real-world impact of firearm representation in police programming like Dragnet, children’s shows and in storylines that feature women and gun are among the trends explored in a new media guide released by the Hollywood, Health, & Society at the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center.
Published Tuesday, Trigger Warning: Gun Guidelines for the Media is a first-of-its-kind resource — a combination of research and suggested approaches to the representation of firearms in news and entertainment media. The 20-page report not only examines firearm trends in media over the last 20 years, but offers ways for storytellers to “change the narrative, reset the bar and provide representation of safe, acceptable behavior when it comes to firearms,” according to the Norman Lear Center.
The guide features a statistical overview of gun-related murders and deaths by suicide, firearms impacts on children and “officer-involved shootings,” or people killed specifically by police. It also explores myths around guns and gun violence,...
Published Tuesday, Trigger Warning: Gun Guidelines for the Media is a first-of-its-kind resource — a combination of research and suggested approaches to the representation of firearms in news and entertainment media. The 20-page report not only examines firearm trends in media over the last 20 years, but offers ways for storytellers to “change the narrative, reset the bar and provide representation of safe, acceptable behavior when it comes to firearms,” according to the Norman Lear Center.
The guide features a statistical overview of gun-related murders and deaths by suicide, firearms impacts on children and “officer-involved shootings,” or people killed specifically by police. It also explores myths around guns and gun violence,...
- 5/23/2023
- by Abbey White and Lexy Perez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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