Reporting ‘African gangs’: theorising journalistic practice during a multi-mediated moral panic

This article uses Bourdieusian field theory to examine how journalistic practices contributed to a multi-mediated moral panic about ‘African gangs’ in Melbourne, Australia. Empirical insight is supplied via interviews with journalists who identified traditional media outlets as ‘secondary definers’...

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1. VerfasserIn: Koumouris, Gregory (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Blaustein, Jarrett
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2022
In: Crime, media, culture
Jahr: 2022, Band: 18, Heft: 1, Seiten: 105-125
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