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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Authors: Koumouris, Gregory (Author) ; Blaustein, Jarrett (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Crime, media, culture
Year: 2022, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Pages: 105-125
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Bourdieu
Journalism
Moral Panic
Narrative Identity
newsmaking
‘African gangs’