Crime and Local Television News: Dramatic, Breaking, and Live From the Scene

by Jay L. Ahuja, Jeremy H. Lipschultz, Michael L. Hilt

Book Overview

This volume offers an analysis of crime coverage on local television, exploring the nature of local television news and the ongoing appeal of crime stories. Drawing on the perspectives of media studies, psychology, sociology, and criminology, authors Jeremy H. Lipschultz and Michael L. Hilt focus on live local television coverage of crime and examine its irresistibility to viewers and its impact on society's perceptions of itself. They place local...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805836217
• ISBN13: 9780805836219
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.3"