Seeing Justice: Witnessing, Crime and Punishment in Visual Media

by Mary Angela Bock

Book Overview

A behind-the-scenes look at the struggles between visual journalists and officials over what the public sees--and therefore much of what the public knows--of the criminal justice system.

In the contexts of crime, social justice, and the law, nothing in visual media is as it seems. In today's mediated social world, visual communication has shifted to a democratic sphere that has significantly changed the way we understand and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190926988
• ISBN13: 9780190926984
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.4"