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Crime in TV, the news, and film : misconceptions, mischaracterizations, and misinformation / Beth E. Adubato [and three others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adubato, Beth E., author.
- Fizzinoglia, Donald F., author.
- Sachs, Nicole M., author.
- Swiderski, John M., author.
- 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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