ASPECTS OF TERRORISM, THE POLICE AND THE MEDIA, A STUDY OF COMMUNICATION PATTERNS (NEW YORK).
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Title
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ASPECTS OF TERRORISM, THE POLICE AND THE MEDIA, A STUDY OF COMMUNICATION PATTERNS (NEW YORK).
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Identifier
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AAI8708274
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identifier
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8708274
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Creator
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BARNATHAN, JACK.
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Contributor
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Robert J. Kelly
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Date
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1987
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Sociology, Criminology and Penology
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Abstract
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This study sought to determine the interrelationships between the police and media in their handling and presentation of terrorist events. A major question guiding the research concerns the extent to which distortions in the promulgation and dissemination of terrorist activities by law enforcement and media outlets exists and what factors combine to induce them.;Another focus of the study concerned the degree to which there may be differences in emphasis on factual content in media presentations of terrorist acts as compared with the information provided by law enforcement agencies.;A content analysis of the terrorist reporting by a major television network news program was undertaken and contrasted with the information disseminated by the Public Information Division of the New York City Police Department. In addition, key personnel in both agencies were extensively interviewed about their methods of gathering, assembling for distribution and evaluating news and crime data relating to the phenomenon of terrorism.;The analysis revealed that both the police and the television media do not, cannot, objectively transmit information about terrorist events as they occur and unfold. Rather, law enforcement and media shape and manage information in a variety of ways in response to complex organizational and legal pressures characteristic of their respective institutions.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Criminal Justice
