| Description |
viii, 218 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Social problems and social issues
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
I. Introduction. Television reality crime programs : context and history / Gray Cavender and Mark Fishman. II. The audience of reality crime programs. Color of crime : perceptions of Caucasians' and African-Americans' involvement in crime / Mary Beth Oliver and G. Blake Armstrong -- "Crimewatch UK" : women's interpretations of televised violence / R. Emerson Dobash ... [et al.] -- Rating and reality : the persistence of the reality crime genre / Mark Fishman. III. Ideology and social control. In "The shadow of shadows" : television reality crime programming / Gray Cavender -- "Cops" : television policing as policing reality / Aaron Doyle -- Armed with the power of television : reality crime programming and the reconstruction of law and order in the United States / Pamela Donovan. IV. Crime, criminals, and victims. World of crime according to "Cops" / Paul G. Kooistra, John S. Mahoney, and Saundra D. Westervelt -- Mixed messages : images of domestic violence on "reality" television / Dianne Cyr Carmody -- Crime fighting by television in the Netherlands / Chris Brants -- "Temoin No. 1" : crime shows on French television / Hugh Dauncey. |
| Subject |
Reality television programs -- History and criticism.
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Crime on television.
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| Added Author |
Fishman, Mark, 1947-
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Cavender, Gray, 1947-
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| ISBN |
020230616X (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0202306151 (alk. paper) |
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