“…Regarding substantiveness, we argue that it can be measured by the extent and quality of the communicative material explaining the issue’s causes and implications. We took into account the way issue-specific frame elements are depicted (or are absent) and contrasted this information with the findings of previous studies on femicide news such as sensationalism (Ananías Soto and Vergara Sánchez, 2016; Balica et al, 2022; Boonzaier, 2022), victim-blaming (Alcocer Perulero, 2014; Gillespie et al, 2013; Slakoff and Brennan, 2019; Taylor, 2009), perpetrator-justification (García et al, 2021; Gutiérrez Aldrete, 2020) and calls to improve explanations of the personal and social context of GBV, the use of experts as sources and avoidance of discriminatory portrayals of victims (Brodie, 2021; Gutierrez Aldrete, 2022; Richards et al, 2014). We find that articles that attributed the problem to general violence are the least substantive, as they lack any explanation of gender-based violence (GBV), which is the central characteristic of femicide.…”