'The Cameras Were Everywhere': Media Conduct Through the Eyes of Homicide Victims' Families: Switzerland, Italy, and Israel

摘要

Using a qualitative research method of life stories, this article examines perceptions among families from Switzerland, Italy, and Israel regarding the media's role in their process of coping with the murder of close relatives. The findings reveal a duality of attitudes regarding the media found in all three countries examined. The media logic predominant in the experience of victims' families has a very similar effect, clearly leading to a mediatization of victimhood.