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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824265903321

Autore

Bruschke Jon.

Titolo

Free press vs. fair trials : examining publicity's role in trial outcomes / / Jon Bruschke, William E. Loges

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J. : , : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, , 2004

ISBN

1-135-63078-X

1-135-63079-8

1-283-24125-0

9786613241252

1-4106-0963-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Collana

LEA's communication series

Altri autori (Persone)

LogesWilliam E

Disciplina

345.73/07

Soggetti

Free press and fair trial - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-173) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Chapter One Introduction; Chapter Two What We Think We Know; Chapter Three Field Research; Chapter Four Pretrial Publicity and Media Theory: "General" Publicity Revisited; Chapter Five Conclusions; Appendix: Detailed Discussion of City-Level Data; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

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