Beatty, J. K. (2021). 

Missing persons in the United States has a continued problem as to who receives media coverage for their cases. The first forms of media coverage for missing person’s cases were focused through milk carton campaigns, then moved to the AMBER Alert and Silver Alert systems, and now are currently geared toward television news and internet sources to include both missing children and adults. Previous studies have discussed the influence that race has on media coverage of a missing person’s case but has neglected to discuss factors that differ from demographics. Identifying behavioral factors that may influence why a missing person may receive a certain amount of media coverage regarding their case could prevent further bias from media outlets and investigating agencies.

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