The media rhetoric of Law and order : how ABC framed the Mumia Abu-Jamal story /

The media rhetoric of Law and order : how ABC framed the Mumia Abu-Jamal story /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gardner, Thomas N.
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, [2010]
Subjects:
Abu-Jamal, Mumia.
Mass media > Objectivity > United States.
Truthfulness and falsehood > United States.
Magazine format television programs > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.