How American-based television commercials portray convicts, correctional officials, carceral institutions, and the prison experience

The manner in which deviant and marginalized groups are portrayedin popular culture shapes public perceptions and policy responses.These messages are communicated through a variety of channels.Over the past decade, scholarly interest in the portrayal of prisoners,correctional officers, and correctio...

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Main Author: Ross, Jeffrey Ian (Author)
Contributors: Sneed, Vickie
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: Corrections
Year: 2018, Volume: 3, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-19
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Keywords:
Television
commercials
convicts
correctional officials
carceral institutions
prison experience
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Summary:The manner in which deviant and marginalized groups are portrayedin popular culture shapes public perceptions and policy responses.These messages are communicated through a variety of channels.Over the past decade, scholarly interest in the portrayal of prisoners,correctional officers, and correctional institutions has increased. Oneof the unexplored, important, and relatively contemporary mediumsthrough which inmates, correctional officers, and carceral spaceshave been portrayed is through commercials. These messages appearvia print, television, and the Internet. In an attempt to understand thecontent and context of these commercials, the following article pre-sents the results of a content analysis of American-based televisioncommercials that feature convicts, correction officials, prison settings,and/or the carceral experience.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 17-19
Auch erschienen unter: https://doi.org/10.1080/23774657.2017.1318318
ISSN:2377-4665