Spelling suggestions: "subject:"crime anda then press"" "subject:"crime anda them press""
21 |
Revictimization by the media : a content analysis of the portrayal of femicide in crime newsTaylor, Shauna Rae 01 October 2003 (has links)
No description available.
|
22 |
La couverture journalistique des requêtes de révision judiciaire au CanadaThomassin, Karl January 1999 (has links)
Mémoire numérisé par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal.
|
23 |
Les représentations sociale et médiatique des femmes maricides en Ontario, 1871-1946Grisé, Joanne January 2000 (has links) (PDF)
No description available.
|
24 |
The media on trial: An investigation into the media’s portrayal of the lawVan der Spuy, Anri 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MPhil (Journalism))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The relationship between the media and the law is an important one, especially in an
adolescent democracy like South Africa. On the one hand the law has the power to
control the fundamental right to freedom of expression – the very core of the media’s
existence. On the other hand, however, the media are vital mechanisms through which
the law can ensure that citizens know that justice is being done. The media are therefore
also powerful; having the ability to influence people’s perceptions of and respect for the
law.
The relationship between the media and the law is characterised internationally by
frequent tensions and misunderstandings – a trend that has not escaped South Africa.
Whereas some of these strains may be explained with reference to both the media and
the law’s respective duties in a democracy; many problems are also caused as result of
misunderstandings and inaccurate expectations of both parties’ responsibilities in a
democracy. This study was thus launched from the premise that there is room and need
for improvement in the relationship between the media and the law.
The way in which citizens perceive the law (or legal consciousness) was investigated; as
were the sources of such perceptions. Making use of a questionnaire distributed to a
sample of students at two Western Cape universities, it was established that students’
opinions of lawyers and judicial officers are generally positive, but that they do not have
much confidence in the efficacy of the South African legal system. The feedback also
indicates that news and popular media are the most important sources of such opinions
of the law – a context-specific finding that echoes similar results obtained internationally.
Popular media as an important source of perceptions give rise to several concerns. Not
only do citizens struggle to distinguish between fact and fiction in popular media; but
most of the popular (legally-themed) media available in South Africa are furthermore
imported from the USA. This tendency, defined in this study as the Hollywoodization of
South African law, lead to concerns that citizens may not only be basing their opinions of
the law on fiction; but also that such media are premised on a very different (American)
legal system from our own.
The importance of news media as a source was investigated more specifically by making
use of a case study (the Inge Lotz/ Fred van der Vyver story). The way in which pre-trial
publicity and court reporting may lead to the sacrifice of a defendant’s right to a fair trial
was investigated by looking at the influences of news media coverage on the parties
involved; the presiding officers, assessors and witnesses; and the perceptions lay
audiences may have of the specific case and (consequently) the law in general. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Verhouding tussen die media en die reg is ’n belangrike een, veral in ’n jong
demokrasie soos Suid-Afrika. Aan die een kant het die reg die mag om die hart van die
media se bestaansreg – die grondwetlike reg op vryheid van spraak – te beheer. Aan die
ander kant is die media ook ’n noodsaaklike meganisme wat aan landsburgers oordra
wanneer geregtigheid geskied, en wanneer nie. Die media kan dus die doeltreffendheid
van die reg in ’n demokrasie ernstig beïnvloed.
Die verhouding tussen die media en die reg word wêreldwyd met misverstande en
probleme gekenmerk – ’n tendens waarvan Suid-Afrika nie afgesonder is nie. Hoewel
van dié stremminge veroorsaak word deur die partye se onderskeie natuurlike pligte in ’n
demokrasie, word sommige probleme ook veroorsaak deur misverstande en
onregverdige verwagtinge van wat beide partye se verantwoordelikhede behels. Die
studie is gevolglik onderneem met die uitgangspunt dat daar moontlikheid vir verbetering
in die verhouding tussen die media en die reg is.
Die wyse waarop burgers die reg beskou of ervaar (waarna in die studie verwys word as
legal consciousness of regbewussyn) word ondersoek; en só ook die bronne van
burgers se regsbewussyn. Deur gebruik te maak van ’n vraelys wat aan ’n groep
studente by twee Wes-Kaapse Universiteite uitgedeel is, word daar vasgestel dat
studente oor die algemeen baie respek het vir die regslui, maar min vertroue in die Suid-
Afrikaanse regstelsel het. Die terugvoering bepaal ook dat nuus- en populêre/ gewilde
media die belangrikste bronne van regsbewussyn is. Dié bevinding, wat konteksspesifiek
tot Suid-Afrika is, bevestig soortgelyke gevolgtrekkings wat internasionaal ook
aanvaar is.
Die feit dat populêre media ’n belangrike bron van regsbewussyn is, lei tot talle
bekommernisse. Behalwe dat daar reeds bevind is dat gebruikers van dié media nie kan
onderskei tussen wat feite en wat fiksie is nie, word daar in Suid-Afrika hoofsaaklik
Amerikaanse populêre media met regstemas versprei. Die gevaar is dus dat Suid-
Afrikaanse burgers dalk besig is om hul indrukke van die reg te baseer op beide fiksie
én ’n Amerikaanse voorstelling van die regstelsel (die sg. Hollywoodization van die Suid-
Afrikaanse reg).
Die studie beskou verder die belangrikheid van die nuusmedia as ’n bron deur ’n
gevallestudie van ’n bekende Suid-Afrikaanse moordondersoek en regssaak (die Inge
Lotz/ Fred van der Vyver-saak). Die aard van beide voorverhoor-publisiteit en
hofverslaggewing en die moontlikheid dat dit skade aan die regverdigheid van ’n verhoor
kan verrig, word veral van nader beskou. Spesifieke aandag word ook geskenk aan die
moontlike invloede van dié tipe mediadekking op die betrokke partye; die
onafhanklikheid van voortsittende beamptes, assessore en getuies; en die indrukke wat
by gewone burgers oor ’n spesifieke saak – en dus die reg in geheel – geskep kan word.
|
25 |
Dangerous people and places : a community newspaper's constructions of crimeRaymond, Leigh Alice January 2014 (has links)
This thesis argues that there is a clear imbalance in the representation of crime in the newspaper, Grocott’s Mail, in Grahamstown, in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The thesis concludes that the system of marginalisation and segregation which was established during the apartheid era is the foundation for the continued segregation and marginalisation of certain groups of people in Grahamstown as depicted in crime journalism. Previous research shows that not only people, but spaces are marginalised through media representations of crime. As people are represented as dangerous, so too the spaces they occupy become dangerous spaces. Importantly, the research shows that discourses of marginalisation are present in newspaper reports reproducing the discourses prominent in society, and in turn, the newspaper itself perpetuates these marginalising discourses. This extends into the coverage that different crimes receive in newspapers. For instance, the reports show that a middle-class audience will be more concerned with property crime in middle-class neighbourhoods, than other crimes in lower-class neighbourhoods. I argue that not only the type of crime, but the severity, the effect, and the necessity for justice represented by the newspaper, are all largely determined by the region of the crime. Further, I show that the criminal is not only demonised and represented as individually deviant in the reports in the newspaper, but that these representations are made by this newspaper because they are deeply imbedded as a discourse in society. This is partly because this newspaper has taken on a monitorial role, requiring neutral reporting from journalists, and a dedication to surveying the processes of state institutions, like the police and courts. As a result, the ways in which crime is reported on in the newspaper is fairly well fixed, making it difficult for journalists to conceive of different ways of reporting crime. The representations of the criminal justice system that the monitorial media, this newspaper included present, are a careful balance between the interest of the public, and the need to preserve relationships with sources. The monitorial media in general, and this newspaper in particular, represent the criminal justice system. The relationship between the police and the newspaper, and the courts and the media, therefore strongly influences the way in which crime news is reported. In particular, crime news is represented from the perspective of the criminal justice system. This research was carried out using Critical Discourse Analysis, qualitative interviews, and focus group interviews.
|
26 |
The social construction of crime reality : a comparative content analysis of local newspapers and crime statistics, Gaborone 2016-2017Mtunzie, Patrick Melusi 01 1900 (has links)
This study examines the construction of crime reality by The Voice and The Midweek Sun newspapers by means of a content analysis and involved the exploration of violent crime news reporting, measured against police statistics. The two publications, The Midweek Sun, and The Voice newspapers, were quantitatively and qualitatively analysed to identify the types of violent crimes reported and to determine any differences they may have compared to the Botswana Police crime records, between themselves, and on how they framed or depicted violent crimes. The results were collected using a coding sheet, new story analysis form and analysed against official police records to determine any inconsistencies that may have existed between the crimes covered by two newspapers and police statistics. The qualitative analysis involved a coding sheet to identify lexical features and rhetorical devices in the headlines. The lexical units included compound words and fuzzy words. The rhetorical elements scrutinised included metaphors, alliteration, rhyme, puns, and idioms. The research analysed the news headlines. The study will assist in shedding light on the accuracy of crime news reporting, levels of sensationalism, overreporting or underreporting of violent crimes. / Communication Science / M.A. (Communication)
|
27 |
Black and Blue and Read All Over: News Framing and the Coverage of CrimeCosand, Kalistah Quilla 20 May 2014 (has links)
This study explores the representation of crime in the news in relation to expressed emotion and intention for future action. Episodic and thematic framing (Iyengar, 1991) and narrative processing (Singer & Bluck, 2001) served as the theoretical foundations of this study and helped examine how scripted news stories involving crime influence levels of fear, anger, and empathy in individuals, and how these emotions subsequently affect behaviors. To measure these framing effects, an experimental manipulation was employed using three conceptually different news stories all involving gun-related crimes. One news story utilized an episodic format, while the other two stories used a thematic format (one positive and one negative). Emotional responses, levels of narrative engagement, policy support, perceived risk of victimization, and pro-social behavioral intentions were measured, all based on exposure to the specific type of news frame. The results of this study indicated that while types of news frames did not have a direct effect on readers' emotions, there was a significant relationship between emotions and future actions. For example, fear, anger, and empathy were significant predictors of perceived risk of victimization, policy support, and pro-social behavioral intentions, respectively. These findings contribute to the understanding of the role emotions play in predicting behavior, both within and beyond the scope of message framing.
|
28 |
Reading the Sowetan's mediation of the public's response to the Jacob Zuma rape trial: a critical discourse analysisStent, Alison January 2007 (has links)
In this minithesis I conduct a critical discourse analysis to take on a double-pronged task. On the one hand I explore the social phenomenon of the contestation between supporters of then-ANC deputy president Jacob Zuma and supporters of his rape accuser. The trial, which took place in the Johannesburg High Court between mid-February and early May 2006, stirred intense public interest, both locally and internationally. The performance of thousands of Zuma’s supporters and a far smaller number of gender rights lobby groups, both of whom kept a presence outside the court building throughout the trial, received similar attention. Second, I examine how the Sowetan, a national daily tabloid with a black, middle-class readership, mediated the trial through pictures of the theatre outside the court and letters to the editor. The study is informed by post-Marxist and cultural studies perspectives, both approaches that are concerned with issues of power, ideology and the circulation of meaning within specific sociocultural contexts. A rudimentary thematic content analysis draws out some of the main themes from the material, while the critical discourse analysis is located within a theoretical framework based on concepts from Laclau & Mouffe’s theory of meaning, which assumes a power struggle between contesting positions seeking to invalidate one another and to either challenge or support existing hegemonies. This is further informed by, first, Laclau’s theorisation of populism, which assumes that diverse groupings can unite under a demagogue’s banner in shared antagonism towards existing power, and second, by concepts from Mamdani’s theorisation of power and resistance in colonial and post-colonial Africa, which explicates three overarching ideological discourses of human rights, social justice and traditional ethnic practices. The study, then, explores how these three discourses were operationalised by the localised contestations over the trial.
|
Page generated in 0.1003 seconds