1. nova scotiaBURNING A Critical Discourse Analysis of The Chronicle Herald's cross burning series Jolene Titus GPRL 6103 April 2011

3. February 2010 – March held in Windsor, Nova Scotia to show support for the couple

4. Spring / Fall 2010 – Court appearances and pleadings

5. January 2011 – Brothers sentenced for inciting hatred by burning a cross

7. To understand how the texts contribute to broader discourses about racial relations in Nova Scotia. This is a gap in empirical research on the issue of racial treatment by media in Nova Scotia.

9. Under-representation of Black perspectives in media. (Mahtani, Henry & Tator, 2008; Miller, 1994, Miller 2005/2006)

10. Media stories reinforce negative stereotypes of minorities and furthers a distinction of “otherness”. (Henry & Tator, 2003).

14. “[Nathan] had recently returned from Halifax to live at his mother and stepfather’s house with Mason, who is part Hispanic (Brooks Arenburg, 2011d, ¶ 35).”

16. Repositioning Victims and Villains Justification of action/role of gossip Paragraph 10-12 “…it was the kind of talk [the gossip] that followed the brothers wherever they went. At school. At parties. Socializing with friends. Even when visitors came to their home. He couldn’t take it,” said Alisha Caldwell, 17, Justin’s girlfriend of almost six years. “…it hurt us.” (Brooks Arenburg, 2011c, ¶10-12) Paragraph 37-38 “But in the months after the rally, things began to change, the couple said. People stopped waving as they drove past and the family felt uncomfortable again in their community. On April 17, Lyon’s car was torched while parked at her father’s home in Avondale.” (Brooks Arenburg, 2011c, ¶37-38).

18. Photo caption “I see my house getting burned down…my family getting hurt….me getting killed. That’s what I see when I see a burning cross” (Shayne Howe) (Brooks Arenburg, 2011a).

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