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Media: Effects On Attitudes Toward Police And Fear Of Criminal Victimization., Bradley Edwards
Media: Effects On Attitudes Toward Police And Fear Of Criminal Victimization., Bradley Edwards
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This research investigated the effects of the media on attitudes toward police and fear of crime, while controlling for selected audience trait variables. A self-report questionnaire was administered to 351 students at East Tennessee State University. The survey consisted of demographic and audience trait variables. The survey also contained items that measured the respondants' media consumption. Respondents were asked, for example, which format they typically get news from (e.g., newspaper, television), how often they watch television, and how real they perceive crime related television to be. Multivariate analysis showed that demographic and audience trait variables explained more variance than did …
Venezuela In The Times Of Chavez: A Study On Media, Charisma, And Social Polarization, Jorge Capetillo-Ponce
Venezuela In The Times Of Chavez: A Study On Media, Charisma, And Social Polarization, Jorge Capetillo-Ponce
Sociology Faculty Publication Series
My main objective in this study is to deepen the reader's understanding of Venezuela's ongoing socio-political conflict by focusing on the struggle for control over one of the key agents of mobilization and politicization in the country: the media outlets, and particularly television. My methodology strives to interweave the chronological record of events with analysis of the equally relevant theoretical, institutional, political, economic, and cultural components that helped to create those events. Central to my presentation is its analysis of the decline of Venezuela's two traditional parties and the emergence of a charismatic and populist form of leadership.
An International Mission, Matthew Wilburn King
An International Mission, Matthew Wilburn King
Matthew Wilburn King PhD
University of Tulsa Magazine Publication Issue - Research: Bright Ideas
Deconstructing The Terrorism- News Media Relationship, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.
Deconstructing The Terrorism- News Media Relationship, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.
Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.
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