First published in 1995. One of the most pervasive forms of social control in our society is the
mass media. The public learns from television, newspapers, magazines, movies, and books …

Recent work in the area of media and fear of crime suggest that both program content and
audience traits are important factors in predicting fear of crime. Working from these …

Using Texas as a microcosm, the study tracks the public's level of concern about crime for
ten quarters from 1992 to 1995. The percentage of Texans who named crime as the most …

The paper argues that the media have been essential to placing the problem of child abuse
in the minds of the public and on the political agenda. They have played a major role in …

Students of political culture and political theory (Pool 1990; Postman 1985; Merelman 1984,
1989, 1991; Habermas 1975) hypothesize that values associated with individualism have …

Social and physical isolation, gender roles, cultural values, and poverty associated with the
Appalachian region of the United States may shape how domestic violence is identified …

The concept of moral panic has been used to describe how society reacts to different threats,
either real or perceived. Although most studies in this area rely on qualitative, historical data …

This research analyzes local TV news coverage of three Nebraska executions in the 1990s,
the first in the state since 1959. The three Nebraska executions allow us to see mass media …

In addition to reinforcing racial stereotypes while reporting incidents of crime, the media also
resorts to sensationalism whereby it invents new forms of menace. To illuminate the …

The findings of the research indicate that petroleum industry violations are widespread;
media reporting of petroleum refining industry violations is limited; the seriousness of the …