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Covering the Courts - Free Press, Fair Trials, and Journalistic Performance (Paperback)
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Covering the Courts - Free Press, Fair Trials, and Journalistic Performance (Paperback)
Series: Media Studies
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"Covering the Courts" shows how writers and journalists deal with
present-day major trials, such as those involving Timothy McVeigh
and O.J. Simpson. The volume features such outstanding contributors
as Linda Deutsch and Fred Graham, and provides an in-depth look at
the performance of the court in an age of heightened participation
by reporters, camera operators, social scientists, major moguls of
network radio and television, and advocates of special causes. The
volume does far more than discuss specific cases. Indeed, it is a
major tool in the study of the new relationships between a free
press and a fair trial. Interestingly, a consensus is described in
which the parties involved in efforts to balance freedom of the
press and the right to a fair trial are moving in tandem. In this
regard, sensitive issues ranging from the universality of law to
the particularity of racial, religious, and gender claims, are
explored with great candor. The volume also turns the intellectual
discourse to its major players: the members of the press, the
lawyers, and the judiciary. Has there been a shift from reporting
functions to entertainment values? Does television and live
presentation shift the burden from the contents of a case to the
photogenic and star quality of players? What excites and intrigues
the public: serious disturbances to the peace and mass mayhem, such
as the Oklahoma bombings or sexual adventures of entertainment and
sports figures? The findings are sometimes disturbing, but the
reading is never dull. This book will be of interest to
journalists, lawyers, and the interested general public. This
volume is the latest in the Transaction Media Studies Series edited
by Everette E. Dennis, dean of the school of communication at
Fordham University. The volume itself is edited by "Robert Giles,"
the editor, and "Robert W. Snyder," the managing editor, of "Media
Studies Journal." The original contributions were initially
presented at The Freedom Forum and its Media Studies Center.
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