Click on photo to see source Caption: Andrew Golden with gun.
Jonesboro: The Framing of
a Tragedy
By Jennifer Lasswell, Brit
Toven, Andrea Aeaker
Synopsis On March
24th, 1998 two boys, Mitchell Johnson (13) and Andrew Golden (11),
opened fire on their classmates in Jonesboro, AR. At Westside Middle
school, the boys allegedly pulled the fire alarm at 12:41pm, making about
125 students exit the building. As the students and teachers exited the
building, Johnson and Golden opened fire from the nearby bushes.
In the end, 10 people were wounded, 4 students and one teacher were killed.
Local authorities arrived on the scene almost immediately with paramedics
and rescue vehicles. The two boys were apprehended. Jonesboro
is a Bible Belt Community with a population of 9,500. This web page will explore the
media's portrayal of the Jonesboro tragedy. We will discuss 6 frames
that were prevalent in the media's coverage. These frames include:
