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    How to Cover Murder-Suicides: A Study of Irish Journalism Ethics
    Journal of Media Ethics 39 (1): 49-60. 2024.
    Based on 12 in-depth, semi-structured interviews, this study explores the attitudes of news media professionals toward Codes of Practice and guidelines and how they may conflict in the coverage of murder-suicide incidents. There is a dearth of research in this area, even though four organizations in Ireland have issued guidelines on how journalists should report on cases of this nature. This study found that news media professionals have a largely positive attitude toward guidelines and codes; h…Read more
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    Her name was Clodagh: Twitter and the news discourse of murder suicide
    with Fergal Quinn and Muireann Prendergast
    Critical Discourse Studies 16 (3): 312-329. 2019.
    ABSTRACTThe evolution and adaptation of journalistic practice in response to discourses taking place in networked and shared media environments and the implications of same have been the focus of much academic attention in recent years. This paper examines the agenda-setting potential of Twitter and considers how this feeds into and affects journalistic output. It does so by applying a Critical Discourse Analysis framework in considering whether reportage on particular news events are re-framed …Read more