Cultivation analysis investigates television's contributions to viewers' conceptions of social
reality. Developed by George Gerbner in the 1960s, cultivation research continues to …

Media/Society: Industries, Images, and Audiences, Fifth Edition, by David Croteau and
William Hoynes provides a framework for understanding the relationship between media …

Government social media has been integrated as part of the government administrative tools
to improve public service and promote public goals. However, the current government …

In the early 1990s, Chicago, the nation's third largest city, instituted the nation's largest
community policing initiative. Wesley G. Skogan here provides the first comprehensive …

The social construction of crime is often out of proportion to the threat posed. The media and
advocacy groups shine a spotlight on some crimes and ignore others. Street crime is …

Many Americans report that they are fearful of crime. One frequently cited source of this fear
is the mass media. The media, and local television news in particular, often report on …

In America today, one in every hundred adults is behind bars. As our prison population has
exploded,'law and order'interest groups have also grown--in numbers and political clout. In …

Theories of media effects have long established a link between media consumption and fear
of crime. To date, prior investigations have almost exclusively focused on traditional types of …

This study compares the impact of multiple forms of crime-related media across white,
Latino, and African American respondents on their perception of crime risk in their …

This book provides a sociological perspective on crime and criminal justice by treating social
structure and social inequality as central themes in the study of crime—and major factors in …