Murder in our Midst: Comparing Crime Coverage Ethics in an Age of Globalized New

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Based on a sampling of news coverage, codes of ethics and style guides, and almost 200 personal interviews in 10 North American and Western European countries, Murder in Our Midst reveals that journalists' crime coverage practices differ greatly. It shows how each nation's story telling reflects not only shapes policies toward crime and criminals, but also culturally constructed concepts like privacy, public, public right to know, and justice.

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As immigration, technological change, and globalization reshape the world, journalism plays a central role in shaping how the public adjusts to moral and material upheaval. This, in turn, raises the ethical stakes for journalism. In short, reporters have a choice in the way they tell these stories: They can spread panic and discontent or encourage adaptation and reconciliation. In Murder in Our Midst, Romayne Smith Fullerton and Maggie Jones Pattersoncompare journalists' crime coverage decisions in North America and select Western European countries as a key to examine culturally constructed concepts like privacy, public, public right to know, and justice.Drawing from sample news coverage, national and international codes of ethics and style guides, and close to 200 personal interviews with news professionals and academics, they highlight differences in crime news reporting practices and emphasize how crime stories both reflect and shape each nation's attitudes in unique ways. Murder in Our Midst is both an empirical look at varying journalistic styles and an ethical evaluation of whether particular story-telling approaches do or do notserve the practice of democracy.

Author Biography

Romayne Smith Fullerton is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies, at the University of Western Ontario, in London, Ontario, Canada. Along with a former student, she has authored a book about Canadian crime coverage, and over her many years in the field, she has written numerous book chapters, peer-reviewed articles, and opinion pieces and commentary about journalism ethics in Canada.Maggie Jones Patterson is professor of journalism at Duquesne University and former reporter for the Pittsburgh Press. She is the co-author of three previous books (Art Rooney: A Sporting Life, Behind the Lines: Case Studies in Investigative Reporting, and Birth or Abortion? Private Struggles in a Political World) as well as numerous book chapters, journal articles, and conference papers. She chairs the Duquesne University StudentPublications Board, is Acting President of the Pittsburgh Society of Professional Journalists chapter, and sits on the Board of PublicSource, an online nonprofit news service for the Pittsburgh area.

Table of Contents

Chapter One: IntroductionPart 1: The Protectors: Sweden, the Netherlands, and GermanyPreface to The Protectors SectionChapter Two: What the Protectors ProtectChapter Three: Threats to and Benefits of the Protective PoliciesChapter Four: Protectors' AccountabilityPart 2: The Watchdogs: England, Ireland, Canada, and the United StatesPreface to The Watchdogs SectionChapter Five: What the Watchdogs Watch, Why, and Why Watching MattersChapter Six: Risks and Challenges for The Watchdogs: Competition, Demonization, and Productive ExaminationChapter Seven: Accountability: Resistance and ReconciliationPart 3: The Ambivalents: Portugal, Spain, and ItalyPreface to Ambivalents SectionChapter Eight: Ambivalent Behavior in Portugal, Spain, And Italy: The Commitment to MaybeChapter Nine: Threats, Harms, And Benefits: At a Crossroads or in a Crossfire?Chapter Ten: Is There a Way Forward for Ambivalent Journalists? Yes, No, and MaybeChapter Eleven: ConclusionAppendix: List of Interview SubjectsBibliographyNotes

Long Description

As immigration, technological change, and globalization reshape the world, journalism plays a central role in shaping how the public adjusts to moral and material upheaval. This, in turn, raises the ethical stakes for journalism. In short, reporters have a choice in the way they tell these stories: They can spread panic and discontent or encourage adaptation and reconciliation. In Murder in Our Midst, Romayne Smith Fullerton and Maggie Jones Pattersoncompare journalists' crime coverage decisions in North America and select Western European countries as a key to examine culturally constructed concepts like privacy, public, public right to know, and justice. Drawing from sample news coverage, national and international codes of ethics and style guides, and closeto 200 personal interviews with news professionals and academics, they highlight differences in crime news reporting practices and emphasize how crime stories both reflect and shape each nation's attitudes in unique ways. Murder in Our Midst is both an empirical look at varying journalistic styles and an ethical evaluation of whether particular story-telling approaches do or do not serve the practice of democracy.

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Selling point: Compares crime reporting practices in North America and Western Europe that have rarely, if ever, been looked at beforeSelling point: Includes nearly 200 interviews conducted with journalists and media experts in 10 countriesSelling point: Explores the internet's impact on national ethics codes and practicesSelling point: Offers insight to the closely held values that lie beneath crime reporting practices

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Chapter One: Introduction Part 1: The Protectors: Sweden, the Netherlands, and Germany Preface to The Protectors Section Chapter Two: What the Protectors Protect Chapter Three: Threats to and Benefits of the Protective Policies Chapter Four: Protectors' Accountability Part 2: The Watchdogs: England, Ireland, Canada, and the United States Preface to The Watchdogs Section Chapter Five: What the Watchdogs Watch, Why, and Why Watching Matters Chapter Six: Risks and Challenges for The Watchdogs: Competition, Demonization, and Productive Examination Chapter Seven: Accountability: Resistance and Reconciliation Part 3: The Ambivalents: Portugal, Spain, and Italy Preface to Ambivalents Section Chapter Eight: Ambivalent Behavior in Portugal, Spain, And Italy: The Commitment to Maybe Chapter Nine: Threats, Harms, And Benefits: At a Crossroads or in a Crossfire? Chapter Ten: Is There a Way Forward for Ambivalent Journalists? Yes, No, and Maybe Chapter Eleven: Conclusion Appendix: List of Interview Subjects Bibliography Notes

Details ISBN0190863544 Short Title Murder in Our Midst Language English ISBN-10 0190863544 ISBN-13 9780190863548 Subtitle Comparing Crime Coverage Ethics in an Age of Globalized News Author Maggie Jones Patterson Format Paperback Year 2021 Pages 320 DEWEY 174.907 UK Release Date 2021-03-01 Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States NZ Release Date 2021-03-01 US Release Date 2021-03-01 Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Publication Date 2021-03-01 Alternative 9780190863531 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2021-02-17 We've got this

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