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Using the LA Riots as a case study, this paper examines the impact broadcast journalism had on el... more Using the LA Riots as a case study, this paper examines the impact broadcast journalism had on electoral politics in America by deconstructing the media discourse surrounding the event and reviewing the electorate’s response. Mainstream network broadcast transcriptions and archival footage represent the bulk of source material used. These sources suggest changes in journalistic methods, such as the adoption of the 24-hour news cycle and sensationalist reporting, as well as new technologies like the camcorder which led to the advent of eyewitness reporting, coalesced to influence politics in 1992. Urban crime was linked to an ailing economy, encouraging politicians to seek economic solutions for a ‘cycle of poverty’ that led to the event. However, coverage of the riots by African American and Korean-American sources challenge network media narratives and provided a different perspective on the LA Riots. They identified systemic racism as the main cause. These alternate sources underc...
Using the LA Riots as a case study, this paper examines the impact broadcast journalism had on el... more Using the LA Riots as a case study, this paper examines the impact broadcast journalism had on electoral politics in America by deconstructing the media discourse surrounding the event and reviewing the electorate’s response. Mainstream network broadcast transcriptions and archival footage represent the bulk of source material used. These sources suggest changes in journalistic methods, such as the adoption of the 24-hour news cycle and sensationalist reporting, as well as new technologies like the camcorder which led to the advent of eyewitness reporting, coalesced to influence politics in 1992. Urban crime was linked to an ailing economy, encouraging politicians to seek economic solutions for a ‘cycle of poverty’ that led to the event. However, coverage of the riots by African American and Korean-American sources challenge network media narratives and provided a different perspective on the LA Riots. They identified systemic racism as the main cause. These alternate sources underc...