S Eschholz, T Chiricos, M Gertz - Social problems, 2003 - academic.oup.com
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 …
A McBride - PS: Political Science & Politics, 1998 - cambridge.org
Students of political culture and political theory (Pool 1990; Postman 1985; Merelman 1984, 1989, 1991; Habermas 1975) hypothesize that values associated with individualism have …
N Seely, D Riffe - Feminist Media Studies, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
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 …
JH Lipschultz, ML Hilt - Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 1999 - Taylor & Francis
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 …
M Welch, E Price, N Yankey - Race, Gender & Class, 2004 - JSTOR
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 …