Media Discourse of Violence: A Comparison of Media Representation of Mass Shootings on American and Croatian Portals

Fenomen masovnih pucnjava dugotrajni je dio američkog društva upleten u gotov sve njegove sfere. Američki građani ga doživljavaju na jedan način, a hrvatski na drugi. Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je shvaćanje razlike u reprezentaciji spomenutog fenomena u američkim i hrvatskim člancima na Internet portalima, a posljedično tome i u javnostima. Pomoću metode kritičke analize diskursa došlo se do rezultata koji su pokazali da su američka kultura oružja i kultura nasilja, jednako kao i socijalna psihologija nasilja i masovnih pucnjava, neodvojiv dio ovog fenomena koji u velikoj mjeri utječe na američko društvo.The mass shooting phenomenon is a longterm part of the American society intertwined with almost all of its spheres. American citizens experience it in one way, and Croatian citizens in another way. The aim of this research was to understand the difference of the previously mentioned phenomenon in American and Croatian articles from Internet portals, consequently in public as well. By using the critic discourse analysis method, results showed that the American's gun and violence cultures, as well as the social pshychology of violence and mass shootings, are indivisible from this phenomenon that impacts the American society in great measure