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Crime, culture and the media / Eamonn Carrabine.

By: Carrabine, EamonnMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Crime & society seriesPublication details: Cambridge : Polity, 2008Description: [vi], 234 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 9780745634661 (pbk.) :; 0745634664 (pbk.) :; 9780745634654 (hbk.) :; 0745634656 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Mass media and crime | Crime in mass media | Crime in popular culture | Crime and the press | Crime -- Public opinion | Mass media -- InfluenceDDC classification: 364 Summary: Why are newspapers and television programmes filled with stories about crime and criminals? This text introduces the different ways in which relationships between crime and the media have been understood, including classic debates about the media's effects, news production and moral panics.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-224) and index.

Why are newspapers and television programmes filled with stories about crime and criminals? This text introduces the different ways in which relationships between crime and the media have been understood, including classic debates about the media's effects, news production and moral panics.

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