The Press on Trial: Crimes and Trials as Media Events

by Lloyd Chiasson Jr. and Lloyd Chiasson

Book Overview

Perhaps no drama catches the interest of the American public more than a spectacular trial. Even though the reporting of a crime may quickly diminish in news value, the trial lingers while drama builds. Although this has become seemingly more pronounced in recent years with the popularity of televised trials, public interest in criminal trials was just as high in 1735 when John Peter Zenger defended his right to free speech, or in 1893 when Lizzie...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313300224
• ISBN13: 9780313300226
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.6"