ISBN:
9780773444249
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0773444246
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9780773446830
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0773446834
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (viii, 462 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Gardner, Thomas N Media Rhetoric of Law and Order : How ABC Framed the Mumia Abu-Jamal Story
DDC:
302.2345
Keywords:
Abu-Jamal, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Mumia
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Abu-Jamal, Mumia
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Abu-Jamal, Mumia
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Abu-Jamal, Mumia
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Mass media Objectivity
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United States
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Truthfulness and falsehood United States
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Magazine format television programs United States
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United States
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Magazine format television programs
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Truthfulness and falsehood
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Mass media Objectivity
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Truthfulness and falsehood
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Magazine format television programs
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Mass media Objectivity
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Magazine format television programs
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Mass media ; Objectivity
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Truthfulness and falsehood
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Media Studies
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United States
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
This work presents a case study of journalism as persuasion through a triangulated examination of ABC 20/20's story ""Hollywood's Unlikely Hero"" (December 1998), which reports on the death penalty case of Mumia Abu-Jamal. The methodology includes rhetorical analysis, experimental design, and focus group audience research. It also examines the impact of a media literacy intervention on news reception by showing the video ""Framing an Execution: the Media and Mumia Abu-Jamal"" and measuring its effects on audience perceptions of the 20/20 story. Each book includes a DVD copy of the ""Framing an
Description / Table of Contents:
The case of Mumia Abu-JamalThe TV news magazine genre in the corporate media world -- Examining television at the juncture of rhetoric and cultural studies -- Cultivation analysis and the shaping of the frame -- Media literacy as cultural intervention -- Methodology -- Rhetorical analysis of "Hollywood's unlikely hero" and "framing an execution" -- Findings from experimental design -- Findings from focus groups -- Conclusions.
Note:
Title from PDF title page (viewed on Apr. 18, 2013). - Includes bibliographical references and index
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Title from PDF title page (viewed on Apr. 18, 2013)
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