Economic Conditions and Ideologies of Crime in the Media: A Content Analysis of Crime News

This study explores the relationship between media portrayal of crime and conditions in the political economy. Based on a content analysis of articles about crime appearing in Time magazine during the post-World War II period, it is argued that news about crime is ideological, that is, it gives an i...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Crime and delinquency 1995-01, Vol.41 (1), p.3-19
Hauptverfasser:	Barlow, Melissa Hickman, Barlow, David E., Chiricos, Theodore G.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Crime Criminal sociology. Police. Delinquency. Deviance. Suicide Economic conditions Economic Factors Ideologies Ideology Media News News Coverage News Media Periodicals Political economy Politics Relationship Social research Sociology Sociology of law and criminology United States of America USA
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Zusammenfassung:	This study explores the relationship between media portrayal of crime and conditions in the political economy. Based on a content analysis of articles about crime appearing in Time magazine during the post-World War II period, it is argued that news about crime is ideological, that is, it gives an inadequate and distorted picture of the contradictory reality of crime in the context of the capitalist political economy in the United States.
ISSN:	0011-1287 1552-387X
DOI:	10.1177/0011128795041001001