Crime in TV, the news, and film misconceptions, mischaracterizations, and misinformation /

"With a combination of field experience and criminological research, this book gives insight to the news and drama programming that shapes the way viewers perceive crime and the formation of policy"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Adubato, Beth E. (Author), Sachs, Nicole M. (Author), Fizzinoglia, Donald F. (Author), Swiderski, John M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2022]
Physical Description:
xiii, 218 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Subjects:
Crime in mass media.
Crime and the press -- United States.
Television broadcasting of news -- Political aspects -- United States.
Television series -- United States.
Journalism -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Mass media and race relations -- United States.
Journalism -- Objectivity -- United States.
United States -- Race relations -- Press coverage.
Contents:
  • What's so new about news?
  • Murder in the first degree
  • Murder in the first block
  • "True" crime shows
  • News you can't use
  • It's all in genes
  • The unbearable weight of being Black
  • Damsels in distress
  • Missing pretty white girls
  • It's hard being a girl ... even harder being a girl of color
  • Good cops, bad cops, dirty cops, and mad cops: five Hollywood films
  • From the TV screen to the ballot box.

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