Biased policing, martyrdom, white gratitude & brown pain: media narratives surrounding the Bruce McArthur case

dc.contributor.advisorMarques, Olga
dc.contributor.authorCashore, Maria
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-27T19:19:36Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-29T17:44:02Z
dc.date.available2021-09-27T19:19:36Z
dc.date.available2022-03-29T17:44:02Z
dc.date.issued2021-08-01
dc.degree.disciplineCriminology
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts (MA)
dc.description.abstractBetween 2010 - 2017, eight men from Toronto’s Gay Village went missing and later discovered murdered by Bruce McArthur, a 67-year-old gay, white man from Toronto. Upon McArthur’s 2018 arrest, allegations of racial bias and homophobia against Toronto Police resurfaced, questioning the safety and protection of Toronto’s LGBTQ2SIA+ community. Existing research on news media framing of crime victims lacks to understand how the news media frames queer victims of crime. This research sought to explore the emergent media narratives framing the McArthur case through a critical discourse analysis of 212 news items from the Toronto Sun, Toronto Star, and Xtra. Findings suggest that local media coverage of the McArthur case centered around three major narratives: (i) biased policing by Toronto Police, (ii) different portrayals of white victims and families versus brown victims and families, and (iii) the complexity of intersecting victim characteristics. The implications of these narratives are discussed.en
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of Ontario Institute of Technologyen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10155/1336
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectLGBTQ2SIA+en
dc.subjectBruce McArthuren
dc.subjectMedia framingen
dc.subjectHomicide narrativesen
dc.subjectCritical discourse analysisen
dc.titleBiased policing, martyrdom, white gratitude & brown pain: media narratives surrounding the Bruce McArthur caseen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineCriminology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Ontario Institute of Technology
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)

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