Crime and the american press
Auteur :
Lotz, Roy
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN :
9780275940126
Date de publication :
30 juil. 1991
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
454 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
He concludes that crime reporting neither serves the functions nor has the negative effects that are often attributed to it. Lotz discusses the functions and dysfunctions of crime reporting, the ideological biases of crime news, and the balance between coverage of explosive events and the less dramatic news of courts and prisons.