The Color or the Gun: How Media Framing about Gun Violence and Race Alters Perceptions

Poster Session III - Research Proposal Posters

Keyword: Implicit Bias

Abstract: This experiment investigates the effects of linguistic framing (person-first vs. crime-first labeling) and perpetrator race on attitudes toward alleged perpetrators of violent crime, focusing on sympathy, perceptions of guilt, and appropriate punishment. The study aims to explore how media narratives and race shape public attitudes and criminal justice outcomes.

• Jaden Brown (Presenting Author)
• Maria Czyzewska (Author)