Does Watching the News Affect Fear of Terrorism? The Importance of Media Exposure on Terrorism Fear

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 748-768

  Nellis, Ashley Marie ^a   Savage, Joanne ^b  

^a The Sentencing Project   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fear of crime; media consumption; perceived risk; terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867071716     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128712452961     Document Type: Article

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