Murder in Our Midst: Comparing Crime Coverage Ethics in an Age of Globalized News

Based on a sampling of news coverage, codes of ethics and style guides, and almost 200 personal interviews in 10 North American and Western European countries, Murder in Our Midst reveals that journalists' crime coverage practices differ greatly. It shows how each nation's story telling reflects not only shapes policies toward crime and criminals, but also culturally constructed concepts like privacy, public, public right to know, and justice.

• | Author: Romayne Smith Fullerton
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: January 04, 2021
• | Number of Pages: 320 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0190863544
• | ISBN-13: 9780190863548