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Policing and the media : facts, fictions and factions /

Focusing on the interplay between policing realities, public perception and media reflections, this text provides an accessible account of the relationship between policing and the media.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Leishman, Frank
Otros Autores: Mason, Paul, 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cullompton, Devon ; Portland, Or. : Willan, 2003.
Colección:Policing and society series.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: reality, realism and representation; PART ONE FACTS; 2 Contents and effects; Introduction; Contents; Effects; Conclusion; 3 Proceeding in a promotional direction; Introduction; Policing and newsgathering
  • convergent construction work?; The professionalisation of police-media relations; Dominance or dependence?; PART TWO FICTIONS; 4 Patrol, plods and coppers; Introduction; From Toy Town to Newtown: Z Cars; Gentler touches; Fitting The Bill; More friends from the North: Cops; 5 Thief-takers and rule-breakers; Introduction
  • Rule-breakers'We're the Sweeney son and we haven't had any dinner'; Rule-breaking, but not always ground-breaking; Crime and criminals; Portrayal of the police; The thin blurred line; Conclusion; 6 The changing contours of TV copland; Introduction; No more heroes?; Representations of police culture and diversity; Reiner revisited: continuing the dialectic; PART THREE FACTIONS; 7 That's infotainment; Introduction; Cops on the box; Police, camera, faction; The thin blue line; Crimewatch UK; Reality television: held in contempt?; Appeal and voyeurism; Panoptics and reality television
  • 8 Trial by media
  • courting contemptIntroduction; Rough justice or storm in a chequebook?; Court in camera or cameras in court?; Officer and a gentle man? The case of Mark Fuhrman; Camera-ready coppers?; Candid camera: other problems of cameras for the police; 9 Summing up; References; Index