RT Article
T1 Fear of crime: Read all about it? The relationship between newspaper crime reporting and fear of crime
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 33
IS 1
SP 33
OP 56
A1 Williams, Paul
A2 Dickinson, Julie
LA English
YR 1993
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1640348565
AB This article reports a three-stage study of the relationship between newspaper reporting of crime and fear of crime. The first stage measured the amount of space and prominence given to crime, particularly violent crime, in ten British daily newspapers. The second stage of the study was a questionnaire survey of the relationship between newspaper reporting of crime and fear of crime. A significant positive correlation was found which appeared to be independent of demographic factors associated with readership. The third stage examined qualitative aspects of reporting styles in these newspapers. Consistent differences were found between newspapers. Those newspapers classified as broadsheets' carried proportionally fewer crime reports and reported crimes in a less sensational fashion than the tabloids', particularly low-market ones
K1 Gewalt
K1 Medien
K1 Kriminalitätsfurcht
K1 Kriminalberichterstattung