Romayne Smith Fullerton

Biographic Data

ID4909932
NAMERomayne Smith Fullerton
GIVEN NAMESRomayne Smith
FAMILY NAMEFullerton
SIGNATUREFULLERTON R S
AFFILIATIONSWestern University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS25
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2004
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX2

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

    Romayne Smith Fullerton, Maggie Jones PattersonBOOKMurder in Our Midst2021

    Crime stories attract audiences and social buzz, but they also serve as prisms for perceived threats. As immigration, technological change, and globalization reshape our world, anxiety spreads. Because journalism plays a role in how the public adjusts to moral and material upheaval, this unease raises the ethical stakes. Reporters can spread panic or encourage reconciliation by how they tell these stories. Murder in Our Midst uses crime coverage …

  • New Discourses on Energy Transition as an Opportunity for Reconciliation? Analyzing Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Communications in Media and Policy Documents

    Open AccessCarelle Mang-Benza, Carelle Mang‐Benza et al.ARTICLEInternational Indigenous Policy…2021

    This article examines energy issues articulated by Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Canada and analyzes the energy transition as a locus of reconciliation therein. Using content and discourse analysis of policy documents, white papers, and news media articles, we draw attention to reconciliation and energy discourses before and after 2015, the year that marked the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) report an…

  • Scale, history and justice in community wind energy: An empirical review

    Open AccessJamie Baxter, Chad Walker et al.ARTICLEEnergy Research & Social Science2020Cited by: 17References: 13

  • Covering Canadian Crime: What Journalists Should Know and the Public Should Question

    Chris Richardson, Romayne Smith FullertonBOOKCovering Canadian Crime2016

    Covering Canadian Crime offers a deep and detailed look at both the perennial issues in crime reporting and how changes in technology, business practices, and professional ethics are affecting today’s crime coverage.

  • At a Crossroads or Caught in the Crossfire: Crime coverage concerns for democracy in Portugal, Spain, and Italy

    Maggie Jones Patterson, Romayne Smith Fullerton et al.ARTICLEJournalism Practice2016Cited by: 1References: 7

    This study of crime reporting shows that keeping crime records secret hurts democratic consolidation. While many reporters and journalism experts interviewed claimed to value the presumption of innocence, at the same time, many skirted legal restrictions and ethical codes. Police and prosecutors supplied leaks, and reporters sought further information from witnesses. This porous secrecy leads to publication of rumors and unreliable eye-witness ac…

  • “Out” Versus “About”: News Media, Politicians’ Privacy, and Public Discussion

    Maggie Jones Patterson, Romayne Smith FullertonCHAPTERThe SAGE Guide to Key Issues in…2015

  • Covering kids: Are journalists guilty of exploiting children

    Romayne Smith FullertonARTICLEJournalism Studies2004Cited by: 7References: 4

    Because the social sciences have provided much of the intellectual base on which journalism rests, this paper calls for the application of social scientific protocols when journalists interview or interact with children. Working from several Canadian case studies, it argues that media professionals must adopt a systematized and rigorous approach for reporting young people that is akin to the strict guidelines set out by the social sciences to ens…