Image from Google Jackets

Crime and media : a reader / edited by Chris Greer.

Contributor(s): Greer, Chris (Chris R. H.)Material type: TextTextSeries: Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2010Description: 1 online resource (xix, 601 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780367809195; 0367809192; 1000712680; 9781000712872; 1000712877; 9781000713060; 1000713067; 9781000712681Subject(s): Mass media and crime | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media StudiesDDC classification: 364 Online access: Open e-book (unlimited access)
Contents:
Introduction 1. Understanding Media: The public sphere: an encyclopedia article (1974) The medium is the message (1964) A propaganda model (1988) Encoding-decoding (1980) An introduction to the information age (1997) Simulacra and simulations (1981) Neuromancer.
2. Researching Media: Research approaches (1987) Reading the news (1991) The determinations of news photographs (1973) Dimensions of genre (2000) Frame analysis (1995) The debate about media influence (2004) Researching cybercultures (2000).
3. Crime, Newsworthiness and News: Press ideology: the politics of professionalism (1977) The construction of crime news (2004) What makes crime 'news' (1987) The social production of news (1978) The media politics of crime and criminal justice (1991) Recovering blackness/repudiating whiteness (2005) 'She should be punished': the 1983-1984 New Bedford 'Big Dan's ' gang rape (1992).
4. Crime, Entertainment and Creativity: The typology of detective fiction (1966) The dialects of Dixon: the changing image of the TV cup (1994) From the hard-boiled detective to the pre-crime unit (2006) Casino culture: media and crime in a winner-loser society (2001) The gangster film: genre and society (2005) Monsters Inc.: serial killers and consumer culture (2007) Crimes of style (1996).
5. Effects, Influence and Moral Panic: Imitation of film-mediated aggressive models (1963) The worrying influence of 'media effects' studies (2001) From bad research to good- a guide for the perplexed (2001) Living with television: the violence profile (1976) From imitation to intimidation: a note on the curious and changing relationship between the media, crime and fear of crime (2004) Folk devils and moral panics: the creation of mods and rockers (1972-2002) Rethinking 'moral panic' for a multi-mediated social world (1995).
6. Cybercrime, Surveillance and Risk: Panopticism The viewer society: Michael Foucault's 'Panopticon' revisited (1997) Working rules and the social construction of suspicion (1999) (S)Talking in cyberspace: virtuality, crime and law (2003) Beyond 'the Desert of the real': crime control in a virtual reality (2006) Communicating the terrorist risk: harnessing a culture of fear? (2006) Regarding the torture of others (2004).
Summary: This engaging and timely collection gathers together for the first time key and classic readings in the ever-expanding area of crime and media. Comprising a carefully distilled selection of the most important contributions to the field, this book tackles a wide range of issues including: understanding media; researching media; crime, newsworthiness and news; crime, entertainment and creativity; effects, influence, and moral panic; and cybercrime, surveillance and risk. Specially devised introductory and linking sections contextualize each reading and evaluate its contribution to the field, both individually and in relation to competing approaches and debates. -- from Back Cover.
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Class number Status Date due Barcode Item reservations
E-book E-book Electronic publication Electronic publication Available
Total reservations: 0

Introduction 1. Understanding Media: The public sphere: an encyclopedia article (1974) The medium is the message (1964) A propaganda model (1988) Encoding-decoding (1980) An introduction to the information age (1997) Simulacra and simulations (1981) Neuromancer.

2. Researching Media: Research approaches (1987) Reading the news (1991) The determinations of news photographs (1973) Dimensions of genre (2000) Frame analysis (1995) The debate about media influence (2004) Researching cybercultures (2000).

3. Crime, Newsworthiness and News: Press ideology: the politics of professionalism (1977) The construction of crime news (2004) What makes crime 'news' (1987) The social production of news (1978) The media politics of crime and criminal justice (1991) Recovering blackness/repudiating whiteness (2005) 'She should be punished': the 1983-1984 New Bedford 'Big Dan's ' gang rape (1992).

4. Crime, Entertainment and Creativity: The typology of detective fiction (1966) The dialects of Dixon: the changing image of the TV cup (1994) From the hard-boiled detective to the pre-crime unit (2006) Casino culture: media and crime in a winner-loser society (2001) The gangster film: genre and society (2005) Monsters Inc.: serial killers and consumer culture (2007) Crimes of style (1996).

5. Effects, Influence and Moral Panic: Imitation of film-mediated aggressive models (1963) The worrying influence of 'media effects' studies (2001) From bad research to good- a guide for the perplexed (2001) Living with television: the violence profile (1976) From imitation to intimidation: a note on the curious and changing relationship between the media, crime and fear of crime (2004) Folk devils and moral panics: the creation of mods and rockers (1972-2002) Rethinking 'moral panic' for a multi-mediated social world (1995).

6. Cybercrime, Surveillance and Risk: Panopticism The viewer society: Michael Foucault's 'Panopticon' revisited (1997) Working rules and the social construction of suspicion (1999) (S)Talking in cyberspace: virtuality, crime and law (2003) Beyond 'the Desert of the real': crime control in a virtual reality (2006) Communicating the terrorist risk: harnessing a culture of fear? (2006) Regarding the torture of others (2004).

This engaging and timely collection gathers together for the first time key and classic readings in the ever-expanding area of crime and media. Comprising a carefully distilled selection of the most important contributions to the field, this book tackles a wide range of issues including: understanding media; researching media; crime, newsworthiness and news; crime, entertainment and creativity; effects, influence, and moral panic; and cybercrime, surveillance and risk. Specially devised introductory and linking sections contextualize each reading and evaluate its contribution to the field, both individually and in relation to competing approaches and debates. -- from Back Cover.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.