Crime news and racialized beliefs: Understanding the relationship between local news viewing and perceptions of African Americans and crime

Journal of Communication

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 106-125

  Dixon, Travis L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CRIME; PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOR; TELEVISION;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41049107639     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2007.00376.x     Document Type: Article

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