Murder in our midst : comparing crime coverage ethics in an age of globalized news / Roymayne Smith Fullerton and Maggie Jones Patterson.

Murder in our midst : comparing crime coverage ethics in an age of globalized news / Roymayne Smith Fullerton and Maggie Jones Patterson.

9780190863579 (electronic book)

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.

English

1 online resource (320 pages).

PN4756 .F85 2020

174.907

Based on a sampling of news coverage, codes of ethics and style guides, and almost 200 personal interviews in 10 North American and Western European countries, 'Murder in Our Midst' reveals that journalists' crime coverage practices differ greatly. It shows how each nation's story telling reflects not only shapes policies toward crime and criminals, but also culturally constructed concepts like privacy, public, public right to know, and justice.

Based on a sampling of news coverage, codes of ethics and style guides, and almost 200 personal interviews in 10 North American and Western European countries, 'Murder in Our Midst' reveals that journalists' crime coverage practices differ greatly. It shows how each nation's story telling reflects not only shapes policies toward crime and criminals, but also culturally constructed concepts like privacy, public, public right to know, and justice.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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