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Crime in TV, the news, and film : misconceptions, mischaracterizations, and misinformation / Beth E. Adubato [and three others].

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Adubato, Beth E., author.
Fizzinoglia, Donald F., author.
Sachs, Nicole M., author.
Swiderski, John M., author.
Contributor:
Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Crime and the press--United States.
Crime and the press.
Crime in mass media.
Journalism--Objectivity--United States.
Journalism.
Journalism--Political aspects--United States--History--21st century.
Mass media and race relations--United States.
Mass media and race relations.
Television broadcasting of news--Political aspects--United States.
Television broadcasting of news.
Television series--United States.
Television series.
Journalism--Objectivity.
Journalism--Political aspects.
Race relations--Press coverage.
Television broadcasting of news--Political aspects.
United States--Race relations--Press coverage.
United States.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (233 pages)
Distribution:
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.
Place of Publication:
Lanham : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2022]
Summary:
With a combination of field experience and criminological research, this book gives insight to the news and drama programming that shapes the way viewers perceive crime and the formation of policy.
Contents:
Cover
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
What's So New About News?
Murder in the First Degree
Murder in the First Block
"True" Crime Shows
News You Can't Use
It's All in the Genes
The Unbearable Weight of Being Black
Damsels in Distress
Missing Pretty White Girls
It's Hard Being a Girl . . . Even Harder Being a Girl of Color
Good Cops, Bad Cops, Dirty Cops, and Mad Cops
From the TV Screen to the Ballot Box
Conclusion
Bibliography
INDEX
About the Authors.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1-66698-965-7
1-7936-2869-6
OCLC:
1298713897

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