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Author: Jeremy H. Lipschultz
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-04-04
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 1135657114
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book brings together the theory and practice of local TV news, considering the coverage of crime, for students in journalism, mass comm, media and society, and other areas.
Author: James T. Hamilton
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2021-04-13
Total Pages: 412
ISBN-13: 0691228310
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"If it bleeds, it leads." The phrase captures television news directors' famed preference for opening newscasts with the most violent stories they can find. And what is true for news is often true for entertainment programming, where violence is used as a product to attract both viewers and sponsors. In this book, James Hamilton presents the first major theoretical and empirical examination of the market for television violence. Hamilton approaches television violence in the same way that other economists approach the problem of pollution: that is, as an example of market failure. He argues that television violence, like pollution, generates negative externalities, defined as costs borne by others than those involved in the production activity. Broadcasters seeking to attract viewers may not fully bear the costs to society of their violent programming, if those costs include such factors as increased levels of aggression and crime in society. Hamilton goes on to say that the comparison to pollution remains relevant when considering how to deal with the problem. Approaches devised to control violent programming, such as restricting it to certain times and rating programs according to the violence they contain, have parallels in zoning and education policies designed to protect the environment. Hamilton examines in detail the microstructure of incentives that operate at every level of television broadcasting, from programming and advertising to viewer behavior, so that remedies can be devised to reduce violent programming without restricting broadcasters' right to compete.
Author: Roger Haney
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2024-10-02
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 103641230X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat are the ways audiences use the mass media, and what are the gratifications they receive from that usage? What functions do soap operas provide for the audience? Theories and research dealing with these questions are presented in the first chapter of the text. The second chapter concerns how knowledge of news is diffused throughout society, followed by how adoption of new innovations is spread. Research on the Knowledge Gap, as well as the diffusion of public opinion and the Spiral of Silence, is presented. The final two chapters concern Cultivation Theory and how fear is cultivated in children and adults by both entertainment shows and the news. Strategies for reducing such fear are presented. Media also cultivate beliefs about society, such as perceptions of the amount of crime and risk in society, environmental concerns, marital expectations, and attitudes toward racism and homosexuality. A section on International Cultivation is included.
Author: Michael C. Braswell
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2023-02-14
Total Pages: 592
ISBN-13: 1000823679
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJustice, Crime, and Ethics, a leading textbook in criminal justice programs, examines ethical dilemmas pertaining to the administration of criminal justice and professional activities in the field. This 11th edition continues to deliver a broad scope of topics, focusing on law enforcement, legal practice, sentencing, corrections, research, crime control policy, and philosophical issues. The book’s robust coverage encompasses contentious issues such as capital punishment, prison corruption, and the use of deception in police interrogation. The 11th edition includes new material on the impact of social media on crime myths and political misconduct. Law enforcement issues including the George Floyd case and responding to domestic as well as foreign terrorism, including the January 6th insurrection in Washington, DC, are examined. The potential ethical implications of Roe v. Wade being overturned by the Supreme Court are also explored. Emerging issues in corporate misconduct are also discussed including healthcare fraud and corruption as well as crypto-currency fraud. Students of criminal justice, as well as instructors and professionals in the field, continue to rely on this thorough, dependable resource on ethical decision making in the criminal justice system.
Author: Cameron Keith
Publisher: Scientific e-Resources
Published: 2018-06-29
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 1839472928
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBroadcast Journalism is increasingly attracting young men and women who take up the subject for intensive study in schools of journalism in the universities and in institutions of mass communication. In fact media are concerned with various forms into which the message is placed, written and oral, as used for transmitting messages. This book presents a vivid account of the art of mass media and journalism. Certainly this will prove an ideal handbook for learners, aspirants and working journalists. Modem mass media & journalism has reached the state of electronic age. All latest developments are categorically described in this book. Today, media-related programmers, departments, schools, and colleges go by such names as journalism, journalism and mass communication, mass media, media studies, communications, communication and mass media, and a variety of other names. The book is written in a simple style and makes it easy for both the fresh entrant and the practitioner of the craft to understand what the author propounds. It covers all aspects of newswriting for the broadcast media and emphasises the need to understand the point of the audience.
Author: Bill Yousman
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9781433104770
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the current era of rampant incarceration and an ever-expanding prison-industrial complex, this crucial book breaks down the distorted and sensationalistic version of imprisonment found on U.S. television. Examining local and national television news, broadcast network crime dramas, and the cable television prison drama Oz, the book provides a comprehensive analysis of the stories and images of incarceration most widely seen by viewers in the U.S. and around the world. The textual analysis is augmented by interviews with individuals who have spent time in U.S. prisons and jails; their insights provide important context while encouraging readers to critically reflect on their own responses to television images of imprisonment. Appropriate for both undergraduates and postgraduates, Prime Time Prisons on U.S. TV is useful for courses in media criticism, media literacy, popular culture, television studies, and criminology.
Author: Robert H. Jordan (Jr.)
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 1633883272
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A veteran, Emmy Award-winning TV news anchor provides a unique insider glimpse into the newsroom revealing how murder cases are selected for TV coverage"--
Author: Steve Macek
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9781452908694
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David A. Harris
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2012-09-03
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 0814790550
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith the popularity of crime dramas like CSI focusing on forensic science, and increasing numbers of police and prosecutors making wide-spread use of DNA, high-tech science seems to have become the handmaiden of law enforcement. But this is a myth,asserts law professor and nationally known expert on police profiling David A. Harris. In fact, most of law enforcement does not embrace science—it rejects it instead, resisting it vigorously. The question at the heart of this book is why. »» Eyewitness identifications procedures using simultaneous lineups—showing the witness six persons together,as police have traditionally done—produces a significant number of incorrect identifications. »» Interrogations that include threats of harsh penalties and untruths about the existence of evidence proving the suspect’s guilt significantly increase the prospect of an innocent person confessing falsely. »» Fingerprint matching does not use probability calculations based on collected and standardized data to generate conclusions, but rather human interpretation and judgment.Examiners generally claim a zero rate of error – an untenable claim in the face of publicly known errors by the best examiners in the U.S. Failed Evidence explores the real reasons that police and prosecutors resist scientific change, and it lays out a concrete plan to bring law enforcement into the scientific present. Written in a crisp and engaging style, free of legal and scientific jargon, Failed Evidence will explain to police and prosecutors, political leaders and policy makers, as well as other experts and anyone else who cares about how law enforcement does its job, where we should go from here. Because only if we understand why law enforcement resists science will we be able to break through this resistance and convince police and prosecutors to rely on the best that science has to offer.Justice demands no less.
Author: Robert D. Crutchfield
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2007-09-13
Total Pages: 529
ISBN-13: 141294967X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDesigned for undergraduate criminology courses, this book actively involves students in the literature of the discipline, presents the field in a format that is accessible, understandable, and enjoyable, and is edited by well-known scholars who are experienced researchers and teachers.
