New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina: A Tale of New Age Racism and Media Framing

dc.contributor.advisor	Mehring, F.
dc.contributor.advisor	Berk, J.H.H. van den
dc.contributor.author	Wijngaard, L.J.E. van den
dc.date.issued	2016-07-01
dc.description.abstract	The media have great influence on the communication of political issues to the public. This is especially important during times of crisis, such as a natural disaster like hurricane Katrina. The media were able to hold the federal government and George W. Bush accountable for their slow emergency response. But the media were criticized themselves too, since they made discriminating remarks in their reports of Katrina. Whether George W. Bush and his administration had racist motives regarding the slow response can be argued, since the neighborhoods affected most had the most black residents, but it is almost impossible to prove this. What can be proven, is that the image the public was given of hurricane Katrina and the government response, was highly influenced by media framing.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://theses.ubn.ru.nl/handle/123456789/3696
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.thesis.faculty	Faculteit der Letteren	en_US
dc.thesis.specialisation	Amerikanistiek	en_US
dc.thesis.studyprogramme	Bachelor Engelse taal en cultuur	en_US
dc.thesis.type	Bachelor	en_US
dc.title	New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina: A Tale of New Age Racism and Media Framing	en_US

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