| Crime and the American Press Contributor(s): Lotz, Roy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0275940128 ISBN-13: 9780275940126 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $74.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1991 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Journalism - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies - Social Science | Criminology |
| Dewey: 070.449 |
| LCCN: 91-4623 |
| Lexile Measure: 1310 |
| Series: Media and Society Series |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.98 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this study of many mainstream newspapers, Roy Edward Lotz investigates the ample space American papers devote to crime. He also examines the justifications and criticisms this phenomenon has generated. Lotz finds that 30 percent of the front-page stories contain tales of police, courts, and criminals. He concludes that crime reporting neither serves the functions nor has the negative effects that are often attributed to it. Lotz discusses the functions and dysfunctions of crime reporting, the ideological biases of crime news, and the balance between coverage of explosive events and the less dramatic news of courts and prisons. In the beginning, he analyzes the front pages of four mainstream newspapers: the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer and the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Lotz finds that coverage of courts and prisons has been more thorough and unbiased than expected. This highly readable book is of interest to journalists and specialists in crime, politics, public opinion, and mass communication. |