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Seeing justice : witnessing, crime and punishment in visual media / Mary Angela Bock.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bock, Mary Angela, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mass media--Social aspects--United States.
- Mass media.
- Social justice--United States.
- Social justice.
- Photojournalism--Social aspects--United States.
- Photojournalism.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Visual sociology--United States.
- Visual sociology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- In Seeing Justice, Mary Angela Bock studies the way the American criminal justice system is visually represented in news. Going behind the scenes, she examines the way visual journalists negotiate with police and court officials to cover the criminal justice system, and how officials endeavour to create favourable narratives by controlling what the public sees.
- Contents:
- Playing with Fire
- Images of Discipline
- Walks of Shame
- Spectacular Trials
- What Picture Would They Use?
- What's So Special About Video?
- Filming Police
- Police and Image Maintenance
- Everyday Racism and Rudeness
- Playing (Safely) With Fire.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-092701-1
- 0-19-092700-3
- OCLC:
- 1236899112
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