Crime, Culture and the Media

Crime, Culture and the Media
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Publisher : Polity
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015082705727
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Book Synopsis Crime, Culture and the Media by : Eamonn Carrabine

Download or read book Crime, Culture and the Media written by Eamonn Carrabine and published by Polity. This book was released on 2008-09-22 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are newspapers and television programs filled with stories about crime and criminals? Is their portrayal of crime accurate? How do the media transform our attitudes to crime? Is fear of crime, for example, really created by the media? The book introduces the different ways in which relationships between crime and the media have been understood, including classic debates about the media's effects, news production, and moral panics, as well as more cutting-edge studies of the representation of crime in the contemporary media.


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