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Media and American Courts: A Reference Handbook

Media and American Courts: A Reference Handbook

Hardcover

Series: Contemporary World Issues (Hardcover)

General LawGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1576079791
ISBN13: 9781576079799
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: Jun 8 2004
Pages: 248
Weight: 1.08
Height: 0.92 Width: 6.28 Depth: 9.28
Language: English

A unique reference work exploring the interaction of ever more pervasive media and the U.S. judicial system in the 20th century.

At a time when two-thirds of local news is crime- or court-related, when Court TV broadcasts daily, and when one lurid case can push all other news aside, Media and American Courts: A Reference Handbook offers a much-needed examination of how the press and the judicial system interact. Despite the benefits (a better-informed public, judicial accountability), has expanded coverage of the courts in fact weakened our democracy?

Media and American Courts approaches this question by exploring the cases, the personalities, and the controversies that have redefined the court/press relationship in the past century as the media expanded from print and radio to courtroom cameras, cable, and the World Wide Web. It also includes suggestions from legal and media experts for making court news more accurate, informative, and useful.

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