What tell-all crime reporting says about us

From Western News, July 20, 2018

By Aniruddho Chokroborty-Hoque

Imagine being accused of a crime ­– or being found guilty of one.

Depending on where you live, your future may be determined by what – and how much – the news media says about you.

While researching crime reporting across the globe, Faculty of Information & Media Studies professor Romayne Smith Fullerton found North American media coverage of crime differed significantly from that of European news outlets.

She details these differences in Naming Names: A Comparison of Crime Coverage Rituals in North America and Europe, forthcoming with Oxford University Press. The book’s contributing research is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (continue reading).