The media rhetoric of Law and order: how ABC framed the Mumia Abu-Jamal story
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Main Author: Gardner, Thomas N. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lewiston, N.Y. Edwin Mellen Press ©2010
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Online Access:FAW01
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Item Description:Title from PDF title page (viewed on Apr. 18, 2013)
Includes bibliographical references and index
The case of Mumia Abu-Jamal -- The 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
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
Physical Description:viii, 462 pages
ISBN:9780773446830
0773446834
9780773444249
0773444246

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