Race and ethnic representations of lawbreakers and victims in crime news: A national Study of television coverage

Social Problems

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 269-293

  Bjornstrom, Eileen E S ^c   Kaufman, Robert L ^a   Peterson, Ruth D ^b   Slater, Michael D ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Context; Crime news; Media; Race and ethnicity; Television

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951064813     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: 15338533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2010.57.2.269     Document Type: Article

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