Mark Fishman
Biographic Data
| ID | 201616 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark Fishman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark |
| FAMILY NAME | Fishman |
| SIGNATURE | FISHMAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brooklyn College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 127 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Entertaining Crime: Television Reality Programs
Television Reality Crime Programs: Context and History
Beginning in the late 1980s, a new trend appeared on television that has continued to the present: reality programs. This chapter discusses why the TV reality crime programs have become so popular. The programs have a history of their own: they draw upon other kinds of crime shows and other tabloid-type productions that have been a part of popular culture for years. After discussing this history, the chapter shows how, notwithstanding reality cla…
Manufacturing the News
Manufacturing the News
Police News: Constructing an Image of Crime
Manufacturing the news
There is little argument that mass media news projects a particular point of view. The question is how that bias is formed. Most media critics look to the attitudes of reporters and editors, the covert news policy of a publisher, or the outside pressures of politicians and advertisers. Manufacturing the News takes a different tack. Mark Fishman's research shows how the routine methods of gathering news, rather than any hidden manipulators, determ…
Crime Waves as Ideology
This study explores how crime waves are constructed in the media and how they contribute to an ideology of crime. I present a case study of a major 1976 “crime wave against the elderly” in New York City. Analyzing data from participant observation, interviews, and content analysis of crime news, I shown that crime waves are heavily reported themes in crime which journalists perceive in selecting news. Crime waves result from processes internal to…
Crime Waves as Ideology
This study explores how crime waves are constructed in the media and how they contribute to an ideology of crime. I present a case study of a major 1976 “crime wave against the elderly” in New York City. Analyzing data from participant observation, interviews, and content analysis of crime news, I shown that crime waves are heavily reported themes in crime which journalists perceive in selecting news. Crime waves result from processes internal to…
Police News: Constructing an Image of Crime
Crime Waves as Ideology
This study explores how crime waves are constructed in the media and how they contribute to an ideology of crime. I present a case study of a major 1976 “crime wave against the elderly” in New York City. Analyzing data from participant observation, interviews, and content analysis of crime news, I shown that crime waves are heavily reported themes in crime which journalists perceive in selecting news. Crime waves result from processes internal to…
Manufacturing the news
There is little argument that mass media news projects a particular point of view. The question is how that bias is formed. Most media critics look to the attitudes of reporters and editors, the covert news policy of a publisher, or the outside pressures of politicians and advertisers. Manufacturing the News takes a different tack. Mark Fishman's research shows how the routine methods of gathering news, rather than any hidden manipulators, determ…
Manufacturing the News
Police News: Constructing an Image of Crime
Manufacturing the News
Entertaining Crime: Television Reality Programs
Television Reality Crime Programs: Context and History
Beginning in the late 1980s, a new trend appeared on television that has continued to the present: reality programs. This chapter discusses why the TV reality crime programs have become so popular. The programs have a history of their own: they draw upon other kinds of crime shows and other tabloid-type productions that have been a part of popular culture for years. After discussing this history, the chapter shows how, notwithstanding reality cla…
Political science (4 works) · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Digital Storytelling and Education (2 works) · History (2 works) · Ideology (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Literacy, Media, and Education (2 works) · Media studies (2 works)