Mainstream News Media's Engagement with Friedrich Engels’s Concept of Social Murder

Literature now exists on how the media reports health inequalities. One compelling concept as to sources and impacts of inequalities is “social murder” articulated by Friedrich Engels in his 1845 volume, The Condition Working Class England, whereby capitalist economic system sent workers prematurely grave serve profit motives bourgeoisie. There a reemergence academic literature response growing social inequalities, but this material being reported public? We examine news content since turn 21st century find significant increase 2017 reporting that evokes murder relation Grenfell Tower Fire, COVID-19 pandemic, imposition austerity Canada UK. consider these developments journalists’ roles their