Findings - Print

Some say print is a dying medium, but when the undead arrived in Miami it seemed to spring to life once more. Most print media covering the events of "Zombie Cannibal Summer" seemed to focus on the original Bath Salt Zombie attack in Miami. As such most of the news outlets were local papers. Still this did not prevent



reporters from having various viewpoints and frames. For instance some papers seemed to want to play off the attacks as, if not positive then, curious, strange or humorous. Many attempted to bring a voice of reason to the discussion around the case, offering solid evidence even if in some cases it proved to late. Several articles focused on the intense response the nation was experiencing in the wake of these terrible events, particularly the internet community. Most powerfully though was print media's attempt to humanize the attacker Rudy Eugene. In all cases, whether or not the media sensationalized the story or not, print seemed to try to avoid stirring their audiences into the same kind of frenzy that the internet was in, even if they did at times go along with the narrative.