Insecurity and Public Opinion: Debates and Research Lines on Media Impact

Public opinion studies in Latin America show that in the last decade insecurity has become the main public concern. Among the arguments analyzed, we can see that some governments, international organizations and societies blame the media of increasing people’s fear by continuously reporting on crime...

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Autores principales: Focás, Brenda; Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM), Kessler, Gabriel; Universidad Nacional de la Plata (UNLAP)
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales 2015
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Acceso en línea:http://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/rmop/article/view/50200
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=mx/mx-047&d=article50200oai
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topic Insecurity; media consume; public opinion; fear of crime
Inseguridad; recepción; opinión pública; temor al delito.
spellingShingle Insecurity; media consume; public opinion; fear of crime
Inseguridad; recepción; opinión pública; temor al delito.
Focás, Brenda; Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM)
Kessler, Gabriel; Universidad Nacional de la Plata (UNLAP)
Insecurity and Public Opinion: Debates and Research Lines on Media Impact
topic_facet Insecurity; media consume; public opinion; fear of crime
Inseguridad; recepción; opinión pública; temor al delito.
description Public opinion studies in Latin America show that in the last decade insecurity has become the main public concern. Among the arguments analyzed, we can see that some governments, international organizations and societies blame the media of increasing people’s fear by continuously reporting on crime. However, evidence on its impact is unclear, and the different types of reception that emerge from the same news report are conditioned by a number of variables. This article discusses the main arguments over the reception of crime reports, based on Anglo-Saxon and Latin American studies. Thus, we propose to contribute to the discussion on the role of the media and its connection to public opinion on this sensitive subject.
author Focás, Brenda; Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM)
Kessler, Gabriel; Universidad Nacional de la Plata (UNLAP)
author_facet Focás, Brenda; Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM)
Kessler, Gabriel; Universidad Nacional de la Plata (UNLAP)
author_sort Focás, Brenda; Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM)
title Insecurity and Public Opinion: Debates and Research Lines on Media Impact
title_short Insecurity and Public Opinion: Debates and Research Lines on Media Impact
title_full Insecurity and Public Opinion: Debates and Research Lines on Media Impact
title_fullStr Insecurity and Public Opinion: Debates and Research Lines on Media Impact
title_full_unstemmed Insecurity and Public Opinion: Debates and Research Lines on Media Impact
title_sort insecurity and public opinion: debates and research lines on media impact
publisher Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales
publishDate 2015
url http://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/rmop/article/view/50200
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=mx/mx-047&d=article50200oai
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