Murder in our Midst: Comparing Crime Coverage Ethics in an Age of Globalized New

Description: Murder in our Midst by Romayne Smith Fullerton, Maggie Jones Patterson Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Based on a sampling of news coverage, codes of ethics and style guides, and almost 200 personal interviews in 10 North American and Western European countries, Murder in Our Midst reveals that journalists crime coverage practices differ greatly. It shows how each nations story telling reflects not only shapes policies toward crime and criminals, but also culturally constructed concepts like privacy, public, public right to know, and justice. Publisher Description As immigration, technological change, and globalization reshape the world, journalism plays a central role in shaping how the public adjusts to moral and material upheaval. This, in turn, raises the ethical stakes for journalism. In short, reporters have a choice in the way they tell these stories: They can spread panic and discontent or encourage adaptation and reconciliation. In Murder in Our Midst, Romayne Smith Fullerton and Maggie Jones Pattersoncompare journalists crime coverage decisions in North America and select Western European countries as a key to examine culturally constructed concepts like privacy, public, public right to know, and justice.Drawing from sample news coverage, national and international codes of ethics and style guides, and close to 200 personal interviews with news professionals and academics, they highlight differences in crime news reporting practices and emphasize how crime stories both reflect and shape each nations attitudes in unique ways. Murder in Our Midst is both an empirical look at varying journalistic styles and an ethical evaluation of whether particular story-telling approaches do or do notserve the practice of democracy. Author Biography Romayne Smith Fullerton is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies, at the University of Western Ontario, in London, Ontario, Canada. Along with a former student, she has authored a book about Canadian crime coverage, and over her many years in the field, she has written numerous book chapters, peer-reviewed articles, and opinion pieces and commentary about journalism ethics in Canada.Maggie Jones Patterson is professor of journalism at Duquesne University and former reporter for the Pittsburgh Press. She is the co-author of three previous books (Art Rooney: A Sporting Life, Behind the Lines: Case Studies in Investigative Reporting, and Birth or Abortion? Private Struggles in a Political World) as well as numerous book chapters, journal articles, and conference papers. She chairs the Duquesne University StudentPublications Board, is Acting President of the Pittsburgh Society of Professional Journalists chapter, and sits on the Board of PublicSource, an online nonprofit news service for the Pittsburgh area. Details ISBN 0190863544 ISBN-13 9780190863548 Title Murder in our Midst Author Romayne Smith Fullerton, Maggie Jones Patterson Format Paperback Year 2021 Pages 320 Publisher Oxford University Press Inc GE_Item_ID:161075877; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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