Constructing Danger : The Misrepresentation of Crime in the News
by McCormick, Chris
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Fair
- ISBN 10
- 1895686458
- ISBN 13
- 9781895686456
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About This Item
Halifax, NS, Canada: Fernwood Publishing Company, Limited, 1995. Book. Fair. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Some high-lighting in chapter seven. 2" red stain on rear cover has soaked in 2 pages. Spine is leaning. Price sticker on rear cover. Explains how the news media represents crime. Crime news focuses on the sensational and unusual, quite often reinforcing biases and stereotypes. Thus a fear of crime is created which is out of proportion to the actual risk of victimization..
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- Title
- Constructing Danger : The Misrepresentation of Crime in the News
- Author
- McCormick, Chris
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- ISBN 10
- 1895686458
- ISBN 13
- 9781895686456
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Company, Limited
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS, Canada
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- MASS MEDIA MORAL ETHICAL ASPECTS BUSINESS ECONOMICS ETHICS Spin Crime Perception Mediatron Sensational Distortions Some high-lighting in chapter seven. 2" red stain on rear cover has soaked in 2 pages. Spine is leaning. Price sticker on rear cove
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- News Media;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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