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

• Autore: Bruschke Jon.
• Pubblicazione: Mahwah, N.J. : , : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (208 p.)
• Disciplina: 345.73/07
• Soggetto topico: Free press and fair trial - United States
• Altri autori: LogesWilliam E
• 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
• Altri titoli varianti: Free press versus fair trials
• Titolo autorizzato: Free press vs. fair trials
• ISBN: 1-135-63078-X; 1-135-63079-8; 1-283-24125-0; 9786613241252; 1-4106-0963-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780218903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: LEA's communication series.