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Policing and the media : representations of the police in news, television police drama, documentaries and beyond / Marianne Colbran.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Colbran, Marianne, 1959- Author.
- Series:
- Routledge advances in police practice and knowledge
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Police in mass media.
- Crime in mass media.
- Police and mass media.
- Mass media and crime.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (208 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2026.
- Contents:
- Police and the media : setting the scene
- How representations of the police in the news have changed over the last fifty years
- Creating news stories : the impact of police and media relations on crime news
- Policing and social media
- Thief-takers and rule-breakers : the changing image of the TV cop
- Why television police dramas never tell the 'truth' about policing
- The police and "reality" television
- The 'thin blue line' and other themes : the problems with media representations of policing.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Online version Colbran, Marianne, 1959- Policing and the media
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781003278146 (electronic bk.)
- 1003278140 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 40033189936
- CIPO000345448
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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