Jerome L. Himmelstein
How the Mass Media Use Numbers to Tell a Story: The Case of the Crack Scare of 1986
University of South Florida
scholars notably joel best milo schield emphasized importance incorporating social construction study quantitative literacystudying social construction involves examining numbers produced travel mass media media use depict social problem discuss issuethis article presents case study last theseit asks particular important numbers really media constructions social problemit focuses crack scare 1986 united states classic study social construction orcutt turners shocking numbers graphic accountsdrawing upon sample articles new york times newsweek argues way media told stories crack scare actually sidelined numbers rather emphasizing themnumbers always important claim