Spaces of (in)security: Media and fear of crime in a local context

Banks, Mark (2005). Spaces of (in)security: Media and fear of crime in a local context. Crime, Media, Culture, 1(2), pp. 169–187.

DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link:	http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1177/1741659005054020
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Abstract

This paper examines the relationships between media, fear of crime and community attachment. It proposes a new framework for understanding the impacts of media crime images, one that takes into account the geographical embeddedness of the audience within the contexts of reception – a hitherto overlooked variable in reception analysis.

Item Type:	Journal Article
ISSN:	1741-6590
Keywords:	media; fear of crime; television; community; sense of place; Manchester;
Academic Unit/Department:	Social Sciences > Sociology
Interdisciplinary Research Centre:	OpenSpace Research Centre (OSRC)
Item ID:	9387
Depositing User:	Mark Banks
Date Deposited:	25 Sep 2007
Last Modified:	02 Dec 2010 20:04
URI:	http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/9387

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