Quantifying Media Representation Dynamics Across 25 Years of News Reporting on Policing-related Deaths

In three linesComputational analysis of 4,000 Canadian news articles on police-involved deaths (25 years). PerspectiveGap model shows state bureaucrats' perspectives appear 3× more than public voices (families, witnesses, lawyers). Official accounts are clinical; civilian discourse emotionally charged. Civilian representation increasing in recent years.

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