Media, Process, and the Social Construction of Crime : Studies in Newsmaking Criminology

ISBN-13: 9780815318552 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 340 str.

Gregg Barak

Opis

This anthology explores the ways in which today's social problems such as homelessness, sexual assault, or drug abuse can be viewed as politically constructed, ideologically articulated, media-produced events. The readings examine the day-to-day operations of video and print journalists, analyzing how the media contributes to and reflects the dominant cultural ideologies about crime and crime control.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Edited by Gregg Barak