Fear Factor: The Role of Media in Covering and Shaping the Death Penalty - 159584994.pdf
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Substantial work has been done on media's coverage of crime, in particular its insistent focus on violent crime. the death penalty presents its own complex set of challenges for the media, and these are the focus of this piece We should focus on media's limitations, their potential, and their partic
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- Substantial work has been done on media's coverage of crime, in particular its insistent focus on violent crime.
- the death penalty presents its own complex set of challenges for the media, and these are the focus of this piece
- We should focus on media's limitations, their potential, and their particular grammar and logic, because these have important implications for our ability to articulate, construct, and even deliver justice.
- Crimes committed by strangers, and crimes committed by blacks against white victims, are also far more prevalent in the media than in actuality.
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