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Description for Scooped!
Paperback. Why do Americans know so much about "celebrity criminals" and so little about crime? If crime is down, why is there so much mayhem on television news and in the newspapers? This book seeks to answer these and other questions, to attempt to make sense of crime, crime news and crime policy in the US. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JKV; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
Scooped! surveys the impact of tabloid journalism in America and reveals that crime news and reporting say much about a society fascinated by sleaze and violence. David Krajicek raises important questions about how and why certain crimes are reported, and the ways in which these representations are framing debates concerning crime policy and the criminal justice system. He challenges journalists--in the tabloid, television, and otherwise "respectable" news media--to fulfill their mission to inform, and not inflame, the public.
Scooped! surveys the impact of tabloid journalism in America and reveals that crime news and reporting say much about a society fascinated by sleaze and violence. David Krajicek raises important questions about how and why certain crimes are reported, and the ways in which these representations are framing debates concerning crime policy and the criminal justice system. He challenges journalists--in the tabloid, television, and otherwise "respectable" news media--to fulfill their mission to inform, and not inflame, the public.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231102933
SKU
V9780231102933
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About David J. Krajicek
David J. Krajicek, an award-winning journalist, has written about crime for newspapers and magazines for twenty years.
Reviews for Scooped!
Krajicek does a fine job of weaving together his own experiences as a crime reporter, the history of the genre, and lots of examples to produce a convincing indictment of the news media. Dallas Morning News A crime reporter for the New York Daily News in the 1980s, Krajicek quit in disgust in 1990... His book inventories the damage done ... Read more