The ‘tabloid effect’ in the O.J. Simpson case: The national enquirer and the production of crime knowledge

International Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 336-356

  Grochowski, Tom ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

media representations of crime; newsmaking criminology; tabloid media

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010953559     PISSN: 13678779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367877902005003008     Document Type: Article

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