Richard Nobles and David Schiff
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780198298939
- eISBN:
- 9780191685552
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198298939.003.0004
- Subject:
- Law, Criminal Law and Criminology
This chapter examines media reporting during the recent crisis of confidence in criminal justice associated with the high profile miscarriage cases that came to England's Court of Appeal in the late ...
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This chapter examines media reporting during the recent crisis of confidence in criminal justice associated with the high profile miscarriage cases that came to England's Court of Appeal in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It argues that the media have a dominant understanding of miscarriage that prioritises truth over due process, and then provides a synopsis of media reports from the ten-year period 1987–1996 to demonstrate this. The synopsis provides a case study of the nature of the periodic crises of confidence that develop in the press in response to miscarriages of justice. During this period, the media provide the site for the sense of tragic choice (the sacrifice of fundamental values) by taking justice seriously, in order to write of its failure. These crises represent a very different relationship between the media and the legal system from the routine reporting of convictions as news. In this routine relationship, convictions and acquittals are misread as statements of the truth of a person's guilt or innocence.Less
This chapter examines media reporting during the recent crisis of confidence in criminal justice associated with the high profile miscarriage cases that came to England's Court of Appeal in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It argues that the media have a dominant understanding of miscarriage that prioritises truth over due process, and then provides a synopsis of media reports from the ten-year period 1987–1996 to demonstrate this. The synopsis provides a case study of the nature of the periodic crises of confidence that develop in the press in response to miscarriages of justice. During this period, the media provide the site for the sense of tragic choice (the sacrifice of fundamental values) by taking justice seriously, in order to write of its failure. These crises represent a very different relationship between the media and the legal system from the routine reporting of convictions as news. In this routine relationship, convictions and acquittals are misread as statements of the truth of a person's guilt or innocence.
Lisa Fitzgerald and Gillian Abel
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781847423344
- eISBN:
- 9781447303664
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847423344.003.0012
- Subject:
- Social Work, Crime and Justice
This chapter examines the role of the media in the context of the implementation of the 2003 Prostitution Reform Act (PRA). It determines whether the media coverage of the PRA reinforced existing ...
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This chapter examines the role of the media in the context of the implementation of the 2003 Prostitution Reform Act (PRA). It determines whether the media coverage of the PRA reinforced existing moral discourses of sex work or developed original ones within the new policy context. To determine the role played by the media, a content analysis of the print-media reporting on the PRA is provided. The chapter also explores messages communicated in and by the print media in New Zealand from 2003 to 2006. It furthermore employs a qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews with 58 sex workers concerning their media-coverage experiences. The main emphasis of the chapter is on the moral discourses of sex work, which dominated print media in spite of the media's attempts to maintain a neutral stand on prostitution. Reporting that focused on the morality of prostitution was particularly acknowledged by the sex workers, and was believed to be a tool for the reinforcement of the existing stigmatisation of sex work. Apart from highlighting the type of media reporting that reinforced stigmatisation, the chapter also highlights the manner in which sex workers resisted dominant discourses in their everyday practices.Less
This chapter examines the role of the media in the context of the implementation of the 2003 Prostitution Reform Act (PRA). It determines whether the media coverage of the PRA reinforced existing moral discourses of sex work or developed original ones within the new policy context. To determine the role played by the media, a content analysis of the print-media reporting on the PRA is provided. The chapter also explores messages communicated in and by the print media in New Zealand from 2003 to 2006. It furthermore employs a qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews with 58 sex workers concerning their media-coverage experiences. The main emphasis of the chapter is on the moral discourses of sex work, which dominated print media in spite of the media's attempts to maintain a neutral stand on prostitution. Reporting that focused on the morality of prostitution was particularly acknowledged by the sex workers, and was believed to be a tool for the reinforcement of the existing stigmatisation of sex work. Apart from highlighting the type of media reporting that reinforced stigmatisation, the chapter also highlights the manner in which sex workers resisted dominant discourses in their everyday practices.
Dieter Rucht and Joris Verhulst
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816650958
- eISBN:
- 9781452946030
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816650958.003.0012
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Movements and Social Change
This chapter concentrates on the communicative dimension of the demonstrations against the war on Iraq. It first analyzes the responses of the protesters to open-ended survey questions to understand ...
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This chapter concentrates on the communicative dimension of the demonstrations against the war on Iraq. It first analyzes the responses of the protesters to open-ended survey questions to understand how they express their views and motives. It investigates how organizers, representatives of movement groups, and speakers expressed their views and claims during the demonstrations. Finally, it looks more specifically at the media coverage of the expected war on Iraq and analyzes mass media reports and government positions.Less
This chapter concentrates on the communicative dimension of the demonstrations against the war on Iraq. It first analyzes the responses of the protesters to open-ended survey questions to understand how they express their views and motives. It investigates how organizers, representatives of movement groups, and speakers expressed their views and claims during the demonstrations. Finally, it looks more specifically at the media coverage of the expected war on Iraq and analyzes mass media reports and government positions.
Russell Frank
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2014
- ISBN:
- 9781604739282
- eISBN:
- 9781604739299
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781604739282.003.0009
- Subject:
- Literature, Folk Literature
This chapter examines the newslore and folk response to media reporting on celebrity deaths. It provides some examples of the jokes about the death of Princess Diana and the murder of fashion ...
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This chapter examines the newslore and folk response to media reporting on celebrity deaths. It provides some examples of the jokes about the death of Princess Diana and the murder of fashion designer Gianni Versace and analyzes those jokes. It suggests that the abundance of celebrity jokes on the Internet indicates that anything goes in the online world despite the compunctions of newspaper people about offending the delicate sensibilities of their readers. This chapter also considers the role of newslore as folk media criticism.Less
This chapter examines the newslore and folk response to media reporting on celebrity deaths. It provides some examples of the jokes about the death of Princess Diana and the murder of fashion designer Gianni Versace and analyzes those jokes. It suggests that the abundance of celebrity jokes on the Internet indicates that anything goes in the online world despite the compunctions of newspaper people about offending the delicate sensibilities of their readers. This chapter also considers the role of newslore as folk media criticism.
Anthony Slide
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- March 2014
- ISBN:
- 9781604734133
- eISBN:
- 9781621034322
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781604734133.003.0012
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
This chapter focuses on Rona Barrett, who revolutionized not only the fan magazines but the entire coverage of entertainment news. Barrett was the first fan magazine writer to mature from the genre ...
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This chapter focuses on Rona Barrett, who revolutionized not only the fan magazines but the entire coverage of entertainment news. Barrett was the first fan magazine writer to mature from the genre to become a full-fledged media reporter, and was Hollywood’s leading entertainment reporter from 1960 through 1980. Once she had conquered the new territory, Barrett returned to the fan magazines and introduced her own brand, which competed with and complemented her television work.Less
This chapter focuses on Rona Barrett, who revolutionized not only the fan magazines but the entire coverage of entertainment news. Barrett was the first fan magazine writer to mature from the genre to become a full-fledged media reporter, and was Hollywood’s leading entertainment reporter from 1960 through 1980. Once she had conquered the new territory, Barrett returned to the fan magazines and introduced her own brand, which competed with and complemented her television work.
David Tittensor
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- April 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199336418
- eISBN:
- 9780199389766
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199336418.003.0006
- Subject:
- Religion, Islam
Through comparative analysis with the rhetoric and practice of the World Vision organization, Chapter, 5 shows that the Gülen Movement behaves in an almost identical fashion as World Vision, engaging ...
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Through comparative analysis with the rhetoric and practice of the World Vision organization, Chapter, 5 shows that the Gülen Movement behaves in an almost identical fashion as World Vision, engaging in a gentle brand of proselytism classed as “lifestyle evangelism.” Further, it argues that to criticize the movement for using the same sorts of practices propagates a hypocritical double standard.Less
Through comparative analysis with the rhetoric and practice of the World Vision organization, Chapter, 5 shows that the Gülen Movement behaves in an almost identical fashion as World Vision, engaging in a gentle brand of proselytism classed as “lifestyle evangelism.” Further, it argues that to criticize the movement for using the same sorts of practices propagates a hypocritical double standard.
