Since 2009 Italian press has adopted a narrative in which organized crime is pictured as a business, write Anna di Ronco, of Ghent University and Anita Lavorgna, of University of Southampton. The authors algorithmically analyzed approximately 500 news stories related to organized crime, that were published in Italian newspapers between 2000 and 2014. The analysis … Continued

State sponsored and privately owned Russian newspapers write very differently of the country’s judicial system, write Tatiana Dubrovskaya, Natalia Dankova and Svetlana Gulyaykina, all of Penza State University. They conducted a critical discourse analysis on two Russian newspapers, the government-run Rossiskaja Gazeta and the oppositional Novaja Gazeta. Both papers publish roughly as much stories related … Continued

Reading a news story about a crime perpetrated by foreigners can make the faces of dark-skinned individuals more threatening, writes Florian Arendt, of University of Munich. He came to the conclusion after conducting experiments on 105 students. The participants read crime stories in which the foreignity, although not skin color of the criminals was mentioned. … Continued