Television News Coverage of the Police
| Autor: | Diane Sandage, Georgie Ann Weatherby, Brendan Maguire |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Small town
050901 criminology 05 social sciences Exploratory research Sample (statistics) Advertising Locale (computer software) Cable television Entertainment Content analysis Political science 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 0509 other social sciences Law 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice. 15:171-190 |
| ISSN: | 1552-5406 1043-9862 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1043986299015002005 |
| Popis: | Perceptions of and about the police have many sources, not the least of which is television. Given the fact that Americans are more likely to encounter television police rather than real police, researchers have examined how the police are depicted on television. For the most part, however, research has focused on entertainment crime and police programs. The present project, an exploratory study of television news stories about the police and policing, offers a supplementary focus. The sample consists of a 5-week content analysis of national, big city, and small town newscasts drawn from a rural cable television system. Findings suggest noteworthy differences between big city and small town television news coverage of the police, albeit limitations of the methodology. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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