240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Willan
240 Pages
by
Willan
Also available as eBook on:
Sex crime has become one of the most intense areas of public and political concern in recent decades. This book explores the complex influences that shape its construction in the press. Media representations give important clues as to how we should perceive the nature and extent of sex crime, how we should think and feel about it, how we should respond to it, and the measures that might be taken... Read more
Contents 1 Introduction 2 Theory and context 3 News values, newsworthiness and the construction of sex crime 4 Press representations of sex crime in Northern Ireland: an empirical analysis 5 Commercialism, conflict and culture 6 Consensus and controversy 7 Concerns in context 8 Responsibility and management 9 Conclusions Bibliography Appendices Index
Biography
Greer, Chris
