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Public Executions: The Death Penalty and the Media (Crime, Media, and Pop - GOOD
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- Book Title
- Public Executions: The Death Penalty and the Media (Crime, Media
- MPN
- Does not apply
- ISBN
- 9780275993078
- Subject Area
- Law, Social Science
- Publication Name
- Public Executions : the Death Penalty and the Media
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Subject
- Media Studies, Sociology / General, General, Criminal Law / General, Penology
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Series
- Crime, Media, and Popular Culture Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Item Weight
- 16.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 200 Pages
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The death penalty is one of the country's most controversial issues. The fairness of its application is debated in coffeehouses, classrooms, political arenas, and the media. However, despite its representation in the media, most death penalty cases receive surprisingly little national media attention. In fact, of the 1,000 people executed in the United States since 1977, and the 3,500 inmates currently awaiting execution, only a handful of cases can be recalled by the public. Those that are memorable are so because they are among the few dramatically represented in the media. Why is it that those that receive the most serious penalty are virtually nameless, while the death penalty in general is one of the most discussed aspects of the criminal justice system? What makes some executions more newsworthy than others? What are the implications of media coverage for the public's understanding of this significant issue? This book looks at those death row cases that received the most intensive media coverage from the 1970s through the present, and why. At the same time, it focuses on changes in public opinion about the death penalty and how newspaper coverage and evolving mass sentiment relate to one another. Kudlac covers such celebrated cases as Karla Faye Tucker, Timothy McVeigh, Aileen Wuornos, John Wayne Gacy, and others that captured the attention of the American public and affected public opinion about the death penalty through the help of the media. He considers issues such as religion, politics, race, gender, and class as he reveals the reasons for our attention to certain cases above others. The book concludes with a consideration of where we go from here. With new investigativetechniques that have helped to exonerate some death row inmates, and various other considerations that have come into play in recent cases, the future of the death penalty will continue to be shaped by the media and the public.
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
0275993078
ISBN-13
9780275993078
eBay Product ID (ePID)
59383397
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Public Executions : the Death Penalty and the Media
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Media Studies, Sociology / General, General, Criminal Law / General, Penology
Publication Year
2007
Series
Crime, Media, and Popular Culture Ser.
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Law, Social Science
Number of Pages
200 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Item Weight
16.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2007-016221
Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Lc Classification Number
Hv8699
Reviews
"While public support in the US for the death penalty has generally been in decline in recent years, there is also a significant measure of ambivalence on this issue. Kudlac focuses on the media coverage of executions as one prism through which to explore this public ambivalence. Most executions receive little media coverage, but a select few are highly publicized. Kudlac examines in some depth a series of such cases, which he finds fall into the categories of serial killers (e.g., Ted Bundy), terrorists (e.g., Timothy McVeigh), and protest cases (e.g., Karla Faith Tucker). He identifies the combination of attributes involved that elevate the level of media attention in such cases, and how public perceptions are distorted by selective and sensationalistic media coverage. Kudlac also addresses the role of DNA evidence and recent Supreme Court decisions on executing mentally retarded and youthful (under 18) offenders as contributing to public unease with the death penalty. Altogether, this is a well-written, well-organized examination of one significant dimension of the enduring death penalty controversy. Methodological appendix. Recommended. Most levels/libraries." -- Choice, "While public support in the US for the death penalty has generally been in decline in recent years, there is also a significant measure of ambivalence on this issue. Kudlac focuses on the media coverage of executions as one prism through which to explore this public ambivalence. Most executions receive little media coverage, but a select few are highly publicized. Kudlac examines in some depth a series of such cases, which he finds fall into the categories of serial killers (e.g., Ted Bundy), terrorists (e.g., Timothy McVeigh), and protest cases (e.g., Karla Faith Tucker). He identifies the combination of attributes involved that elevate the level of media attention in such cases, and how public perceptions are distorted by selective and sensationalistic media coverage. Kudlac also addresses the role of DNA evidence and recent Supreme Court decisions on executing mentally retarded and youthful (under 18) offenders as contributing to public unease with the death penalty. Altogether, this is a well-written, well-organized examination of one significant dimension of the enduring death penalty controversy. Methodological appendix. Recommended. Most levels/libraries." - Choice
Copyright Date
2007
Target Audience
College Audience
Dewey Decimal
364.660973
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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