VelospinnerMedia reports of collisions both reflect and shape public understanding of road safety. This paper analyses 204 Swiss newspaper articles reporting collisions between car drivers and cyclists. Our analysis shows that these reports reproduce discursive biases rooted in motonormativity.
Blaming Cyclists, Invisibilising Drivers: How Motonormativity Shapes Swiss Media Collision Reports | Published in Findings
By Lucca Reymond, Patrick Rérat. In Swiss media reports on collisions between cyclists and motorists, cyclists tend to be foregrounded, while motorists are often rendered invisible. Such reporting implicitly blames cyclists and reinforces motonormativity.