Sex Crime and the Media

Author:   Chris Greer (City University, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition:   illustrated edition
ISBN:  

9781843920045


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   01 May 2003
Format:   Hardback
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Sex crime has become one of the most intense areas of public and political concern in recent decades. This book explores the complex influences that shape its construction in the press. Media representations give important clues as to how we should perceive the nature and extent of sex crime, how we should think and feel about it, how we should respond to it, and the measures that might be taken to reduce risk. Understanding the media construction of sex crime is central to understanding its meaning and place in our everyday lives. Unlike much of the existing research, this book explores the construction of sex crime at every stage of the news production process. It then locates the findings within a wider context of cultural, economic and political change in late modernity. The book; shows how increased market competition and tabloidisation has altered fundamentally the way in which news is produced, communicated and consumed discusses representations of the full range of sex crimes from consensual homosexual offences and prostitution to serial rape and sex murder draws upon extensive empirical research in Northern Ireland, while addressing issues relevant to advance capitalist societies across the globe

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Author:   Chris Greer (City University, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Willan Publishing
Edition:   illustrated edition
Weight:   0.860kg
ISBN:  

9781843920045


ISBN 10:   1843920042
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   01 May 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Contents 1 Introduction 2 Theory and context 3 News values, newsworthiness and the construction of sex crime 4 Press representations of sex crime in Northern Ireland: an empirical analysis 5 Commercialism, conflict and culture 6 Consensus and controversy 7 Concerns in context 8 Responsibility and management 9 Conclusions Bibliography Appendices Index

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