Crime and the media : headlines versus reality / Roslyn Muraskin, Shelly Feuer Domash.
Material type: TextPublication details: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2007.Edition: 1STDescription: xi, 162 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 0131921339
- 364.973 22 M.R.C
- P96.C742 U66 2007
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-157) and index.
Overview : crime and the media : headlines versus reality -- What about the media? -- The relationship of crime reporting to the fear of crime -- Crimes and reactions -- The Salem witchcraft trials -- The Scopes Monkey Trial, 1925 -- The Menedez brothers, 1989 -- Colin Ferguson, 1993 -- The O.J. Simpson case, 1994 -- Jon-Benet Ramsey, 1996 -- Kobe Bryant, 2003 -- Daniel Pelosi, 2001 -- Elizabeth Ann Smart, 2002 -- Scott Peterson, 2002 -- Michael Jackson, 2004 -- Female offenders depicted by the media -- A star is formed : media construction of the female criminal -- Martha Stewart : this case is about lying -- Can the mass media do good? -- If a story isn't depicted by the media, it doesn't exist -- Conclusion.
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