Crime and investigative reporting in the UK
Drawing on interviews with journalists and police officers, this is the first ethnographic study of crime news reporting in the UK for over 25 years. It shows the impediments to crime reporting that exist in the aftermath of the Leveson Report and considers the future of investigative journalism non...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Bristol
Policy Press
2022
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
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| Summary: | Drawing on interviews with journalists and police officers, this is the first ethnographic study of crime news reporting in the UK for over 25 years. It shows the impediments to crime reporting that exist in the aftermath of the Leveson Report and considers the future of investigative journalism non-profits. Front Cover -- Crime and Investigative Reporting in the UK -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Why study crime news? -- Introduction -- Why study crime news? -- Police, public and news media relations in context -- Studies on police and the media pre-Leveson -- The impact of digital communication technologies on police/media/public relations -- The contributions of this book -- Revisiting classic texts on police/news media relations -- The impact of production processes on crime news content -- The role of digital start-ups in reducing representational harms -- New theoretical and conceptual frameworks -- Methods -- Outline of the book -- Conclusion -- 2 The Metropolitan Police -- Introduction -- The history of the Press Bureau -- The Directorate of Public Affairs and Communication -- Relations between the Press Bureau and the press -- A more proactive approach to dealing with the press -- Trying to reduce organisational 'leaks' -- The power of the press from police perspectives -- Senior police officers' relations with the media -- Strategies to 'control' media relations -- The problem of 'leaks' for operational officers -- Feeling vulnerable in dealings with the press -- Conclusion -- 3 Police 'control' and the UK national press -- Introduction -- The end of the 'golden age' of crime reporting -- The police as official source for journalists -- The two cultures of journalism -- Making contacts -- Inner circle journalists -- Outer circle journalists -- Establishing trust with contacts -- Tactics of resistance: inner circle journalists' relations with the police -- Self-censorship -- Losing police trust and the consequences -- Tactics of resistance by the police -- Using the press to make or break colleagues' reputations -- Using the press to break stories about police corruption. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (220 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 9781447358930 9781447358923 |