| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 189 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
LEA's communication series
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LEA's communication series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-173) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 What We Think We Know -- chapter 3 Field Research -- chapter 4 Pretrial Publicity and Media Theory: "General" Publicity Revisited -- chapter 5 Conclusions. |
| Summary |
Current research on media and the law has generally been atheoretical and contradictory. This volume explains why pretrial publicity is unlikely to affect the outcome of most jury trials, despite many experimental studies claiming to show the influence of publicity. It reviews existing literature on the topic and includes results from the authors' own research in an effort to answer four questions: *Does pretrial publicity bias the outcome of trials? *If it has an effect, under what conditions does this effect emerge? *What remedies should courts apply in situations whe. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Free press and fair trial -- United States.
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Free press and fair trial. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Loges, William E.
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| Added Title |
Free press versus fair trials |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Bruschke, Jon. Free press vs. fair trials. Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004 0805843256 (DLC) 2003046231 (OCoLC)51900485 |
| ISBN |
1410609634 (electronic book) |
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9781410609632 (electronic book) |
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0805843256 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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