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Crime in TV, the News, and Film
Misconceptions, Mischaracterizations, and Misinformation
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2022
Summary
Crime in TV, the News, and Film provides a fresh look at the interplay between criminal events and the media outlets that cover them. The authors’ diverse backgrounds— a criminologist researcher, a documentarian and media professor, a police officer, and a criminologist who is a former TV reporter— allow for frank discussion. Combining field experience with criminological research, the book gives insight to the everyday media operations that can produce most people’s views on crime and profoundly influence public opinion— public opinion that often frames public policy.
Viewers of crime dramas and consumers of news will gain a new understanding of the way their programs are produced. Readers will become more aware of the issues and biases that sometimes cloud perceptions of crime and criminals. Finally, both experts and scholars interested in the subject will improve their discernment of media stories and media depictions, shining a light on crime in a hazy field. This book can be used in the classroom for an array of courses in the fields of media and communications, criminology, sociology, and more.
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Copyright year
2022
ISBN-Print
978-1-7936-2868-8
ISBN-Online
978-1-7936-2869-5
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
218
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Contents No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 8
What’s So New About News? No access Pages 9 - 20
Murder in the First Degree No access Pages 21 - 38
Murder in the First Block No access Pages 39 - 56
“True” Crime Shows No access Pages 57 - 72
News You Can’t Use No access Pages 73 - 86
It’s All in the Genes No access Pages 87 - 100
The Unbearable Weight of Being Black No access Pages 101 - 114
Damsels in Distress No access Pages 115 - 128
Missing Pretty White Girls No access Pages 129 - 142
It’s Hard Being a Girl . . . Even Harder Being a Girl of Color No access Pages 143 - 156
Good Cops, Bad Cops, Dirty Cops, and Mad Cops No access Pages 157 - 168
From the TV Screen to the Ballot Box No access Pages 169 - 176
