The Casey Anthony Case

The Casey Anthony and the O.J Simpson case received major media attention. During the O.J. Simpson trial, the American people and the people from other countries took a major interest in the trial of a man who had high celebrity status. The outrageous interest by the viewing public lead many news sources to give updates regarding the case. The extensive media coverage on the O.J. Simpson case helped alter the outcome of the trial. One way the media affected the O.J. Simpson trial the most was by making the trial a race issue. People started to question whether a black man could have a fair trial and the focus on the coverage went further and further from the reporting actual facts. The media started to publish stories before confirming the actual facts about the O.J. Simpson case, therefore misleading the viewing public. …show more content…
The Casey Anthony case also played a major role in the media because members on social networking websites like Facebook and Twitter, reacted to every moment of the televised testimony of Casey Anthony in real time, driving even more coverage on national morning news and local news. Every news channel in the world covered the verdict of the Casey Anthony case when she was found not guilty for murdering her two-year-old daughter, Caylee, with chloroform and duct tape. Twitter users were angry about Casey Anthony being found not guilty. The Casey Anthony and O.J. Simpson case social reactions were the same because they both had major media coverage and both caused anger to the public because both Anthony and Simpson were found not guilty even though the people of the public believed that both of them were guilty. The difference between the two cases as far as social construction is that the O.J. Simpson case did not have as much social media as the Casey Anthony case because the social media platform was not in place at the time of the O.J Simpson