Agenda Signals / Society / Tourists

Tourists

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Daily Mail : Bodies of 'husband and wife' tourists are found floating in croc-infested river at South Africa …
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framing tourists as vulnerable and targeted outsiders

The article emphasizes the victims’ status as tourists and their disappearance in a remote, dangerous location, using emotionally loaded language that positions them as isolated and victimized, reinforcing a sense of exclusion and peril.

“The victims, believed to be a 71-year-old man and his wife, were allegedly stabbed to death.”
New York Post : ‘Please don’t die’: Chilling video shows tourists rushing to aid shooting victim atop ancient Mexican …
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tourists portrayed as vulnerable, innocent victims deserving of empathy

[appeal_to_emotion], [narrative_framing]

“‘Miguel in the name of God,’ she said in Spanish. ‘Please don’t die.’”
The Guardian : Canadian woman killed after gunman opens fire at Mexico’s Teotihuacán pyramids
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International tourists are framed as vulnerable and excluded from safety protections

[appeal_to_emotion], [loaded_language]

““A person is opening fire on us, take care friends, send security,” a voice can be heard saying in an unverified video posted on social media.”
CBC : Gunman seen behind B.C. tourists in photo taken moments before shooting at Mexican pyramids
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Framing tourists as vulnerable and targeted victims

The article centers on a Canadian survivor’s experience and emphasizes the randomness of survival, highlighting tourists' exposure and helplessness. Focus on personal luck suggests tourists are excluded from safety protections.

“It was just luck — total luck — that my girlfriend and I weren't at the top of the pyramid at the time”