Crime, Community & Local TV News: Covering Crime in Philadelphia & Baltimore
Date
1998
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Publisher
Center for Community Research & Service
Abstract
Description
News organizations make crucial decisions about what is and what is not news. The news we see as citizens constructs the frame through which we see our social environment a nd it imparts a public character to occurrences and transforms mere happenings into public events. Very often the media, particularly local television news choose crime to form a major p ortion of the newscast. What is the nature of that coverage? What might that coverage mean for the community’s cognitive map of its character? Can we develop a program to constructively engage possible changes in that coverage?
Keywords
Crime, Community, Local TV news, TV news, Crime, Philadelphia, PA, Baltimore, MD
Citation
Yanich, D. (1998). Crime, Community & Local TV News: Covering Crime in Philadelphia & Baltimore. Newark, DE: Center for Community Development & Family Policy; Graduate School of Urban Affairs & Public Policy; University of Delaware .