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Media and Crime
Clifford, Katrina; White, Rob
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Description for Media and Crime
Paperback. Media and Crime offers a new and innovative approach by combining the skills and expertise of journalism and media studies with criminological knowledge to critically interrogate the nexus between the media and crime, and the linkages between process, practice and representation. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; JKV; JKVC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 170. .
Public knowledge of crime and criminal justice often develops through the media to the extent that, for some people, the media may be their sole source of information on these issues and systems. The role that the media plays in shaping public perceptions of crime and criminality, and framing debates about criminal justice and responses to crime, is therefore undeniable. For these reasons, questions of media influence have become a prominent aspect of criminological theorising and inquiry. Media and Crime offers a new and innovative approach to these debates and analysis by combining the skills and expertise of ... Read more
Public knowledge of crime and criminal justice often develops through the media to the extent that, for some people, the media may be their sole source of information on these issues and systems. The role that the media plays in shaping public perceptions of crime and criminality, and framing debates about criminal justice and responses to crime, is therefore undeniable. For these reasons, questions of media influence have become a prominent aspect of criminological theorising and inquiry. Media and Crime offers a new and innovative approach to these debates and analysis by combining the skills and expertise of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press Australia Australia
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Melbourne, Australia
ISBN
9780195598285
SKU
V9780195598285
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Ref
99-10
About Clifford, Katrina; White, Rob
Rob White Professor, School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania Katrina Clifford Lecturer in Journalism, Media and Communications, University of Tasmania
Reviews for Media and Crime
In this book Clifford and White explore, in an accessible manner, the complexities of the relationship between crime, the media and justice. It offers a systematic, though by no means simplistic, analysis of this relationship, insisting that doing this demands both reflexivity and a willingness to expose and challenge the existing blind spots in media criminology. In so doing, this ... Read more