1st Edition
Media, Process, and the Social Construction of Crime Studies in Newsmaking Criminology
Edited By Gregg Barak
Copyright 1995
340 Pages
by
Routledge
340 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1995. One of the most pervasive forms of social control in our society is the mass media. The public learns from television, newspapers, magazines, movies, and books what is happening in the world and how to interpret it. The problem, however, is that full or complete interpretations of reality are not presented. In short, reality itself, clear and unadorned, is not to be found... Read more
Part I: Introduction Chapter 1: Media, Society, and Criminology Part II: Constructing Crime News Chapter 2. Crime News in the Old West Chapter 3. Communal Violence and the Media: Lynchings and Their News Coverage by The New York Times between 1882 and 1930 Chapter 4. Crime in the News Media: A Refined Understanding of How Crimes Become News Chapter 5. Predator Criminals as Media Icons Chapter 6. University Professor or Sadistic Killer? A Content Analysis of the Newspaper Coverage of a Murder Case Chapter 7. Murder and Mayhem in USA Today: A Quantitative Analysis of the National Reporting of States' News Chapter 8. Patrolling the Facts: Media, Cops, and Crime Chapter 9. Newsmaking Criminology: Reflections on the Media, Intellectuals, and Crime Chapter 10. Becoming a Media Criminologist: Is Newsmaking Criminology Possible? Chapter 11. Newsmaking Criminology as Replacement Discourse
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Edited by Gregg Barak
