Media Coverage of Crime and Criminal Justice - 9781594609435
Un libro in lingua di Robinson Matthew B. edito da Carolina Academic Pr, 2011
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Media Coverage of Crime and Criminal Justice critically examines the media to identify how crime and criminal justice are treated in the news and entertainment media. The goal is not only to help shed light on important realities of crime and criminal justice in the United States but also to correct major misconceptions created by coverage of crime and criminal justice in the news, on television, in movies, in music, and in other media forms.
While there are other texts on the market focused on the impact of mass media on criminal justice, this text is the only one that starts with the issue of corporate ownership of the mass media as a potential problem for gaining an accurate understanding of the realities of crime and criminal justice. Further, this text presents basic information about the media in the introductory chapters and then applies this information to specific issues of crime and criminal justice in the rest of the book, thereby focusing on the same issues and themes throughout the book. The book analyzes topics such as how the media are organized, how they operate, and to what degree citizens are exposed to the media. Additionally, it examines competing explanations of media coverage of crime and criminal justice, using examples from the real world to show why the media cover topics (and ignore others) the way they do.
The book deals with media coverage of law-making and crime, policing, courts, and corrections. It includes separate chapters of media coverage of each branch of criminal justice, with reviews of the literature focused on the most recent and influential research on these topics. The book also examines how the media both help and hinder effective crime control and crime prevention efforts. The book concludes with a summary of the book as well as suggestions for media reform based on major findings of the book.
Additionally, the author maintains a supplemental website at: http://www.pscj.appstate.edu/media/.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Media Coverage of Crime and Criminal Justice
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Robinson Matthew B.
- Editore: Carolina Academic Pr
- Collana: Carolina Academic Pr (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 31 Gennaio '11
- Genere: SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Argomenti : Crime in mass media Mass media and crime Mass media and criminal justice
- ISBN-10: 1594609438
- EAN-13: 9781594609435