Entertaining Crime: Television Reality ProgramsMark Fishman, Gray Cavender Transaction Publishers - 218 páginas In eleven original studies by social scientists, this is the first volume to focus on television reality crime programming as a genre. Contributors address such questions as: why do these programs exist; what larger cultural meaning do they have; what effect do they have on audiences; and what do they indicate about crime and justice in the late twentieth century? Adaptable at both undergraduate and graduate levels, Entertaining Crime will contribute to discussions of crime and the media, as well as crime in relation to other issues, such as gender, race/ethnicity, and fear of crime. |
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Página 212 - Weaver lectures in the Department of Film and Television Studies at the University of Waikato, New Zealand.
Página 144 - The accused black criminals were usually illustrated by glowering mug shots or by footage of them being led around in handcuffs, their arms held by uniformed white policemen. None of the accused...
Página 160 - We have found that people who watch a lot of TV see the real world as more dangerous and frightening than those who watch very little.
Página 104 - ... about 90 percent of the cases presented on crime dramas, the first person to be picked up by the television police turned out to be the actual perpetrator. The authors argue that this illusion of certainty in police work leads to the presumption of guilt rather than of innocence. "We found that "heavy viewers' were significantly more likely than 'light viewers' to believe that defendants 'must be guilty of something, otherwise they wouldn't be brought to trial'" (Haney and Manzolati 1981,132).
Página 115 - Ericson, Richard, Patricia Baranek and Janet Chan (1987). Visualizing Deviance: A Study of News Organization.
Página 106 - Most officers would be apprehensive to have the media ride with them ... But these guys proved themselves to us. They said that they wouldn't do anything to undermine us, and that we'd have final discretion about what ran' (Zoglin 1992). Time reported, 'each episode of "Cops" is reviewed by the police before airing, in part to make sure no investigations are compromised.