Crystallising the official narrative: News discourses about the killings from the Philippine government’s campaign against illegal drugs

• Main Authors: Soriano, Cheryll Ruth R., David, Clarissa C., Atun, Jenna Mae
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2019
• Subjects: Drug abuse—Philippines > Prevention; Communication in drug abuse prevention > Philippines; Extrajudicial executions > Philippines; Drugs of abuse > Philippines; Social Influence and Political Communication
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/1781; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/2780/type/native/viewcontent
• Institution: De La Salle University

News media’s construction of crime and drugs can shape and change public perceptions and influence popular acceptance of policy and state responses. In this way, media, through selection of sources and framing of narratives, act as important agents of social control, either independently or indirect...