by Mary Rose Yockel | Oct 12, 2020 | Brown University
You may not realize it, but the news media plays an enormous role in shaping how the public views and responds to crime. As Vincent Sacco states in his paper, “Media Constructions of Crime”, the way that news agencies present information about criminal activity sets...
by Kenya Shawlaney | Apr 28, 2019 | Georgia State University
Over my spring break, I went to a political event called “How Journalists and The Public Shape our Democracy.” This political event was held in Gwinnett County at their public library. For those who do not know where Gwinnett County is located, it is in Suwannee,...
by Ruth Jones | Apr 11, 2019 | Utah State University
As local media disappears there is void of answers to the question, what will take its place. The ability of citizens to check the government has long been a necessary virtue for the success of a democracy. It is no mystery that for every effective and successful...
by Chelsea Bartley | Apr 3, 2018 | University of Memphis
In 2000, only four years after Ukraine adopted the Constitution that protected the rights of the press, a scandal broke out. Known as “tapegate”, former President Kuchma was recorded ordering the kidnapping and death of a Ukrainian journalist who was critical of his...
by Victor Brechenmacher | Nov 17, 2017 | Boston University
It’s become a received wisdom of sorts that the media failed to grasp Donald Trump’s rise in 2016 ahead of time because “the press [took] him literally, but not seriously; his supporters [took] him seriously, but not literally.” Too focused on...
