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• catalog abstract "Crime in the streets has remained consistently among the most conspicuous aspects of the American political landscape. Sasson argues that the significance of our national preoccupation with the issue depends on how it is constructed or "framed" in the mass media and in everyday conversation. Drawing on the methodology for analyzing issue frames in political discourse developed by William Gamson (who has contributed a foreword to this book), Sasson identifies the five interpretative frames that comprise the crime debate: Faulty System, Social Breakdown, Blocked Opportunities, Media Violence, and Racist System. Tracking the performances of these frames in twenty small group discussions among black and white urbanites, and in a sample of newspaper columns, he demonstrates that the two "generally conservative" frames, Faulty System and Social Breakdown, are by far the most prominent. He explains their prominence in the group discussions through a careful analysis of the ideational resources (popular wisdom, personal experience, media discourse) used by the participants. Sasson's empirical findings lead him to conclude that the American preoccupation with crime will generate recurrent demands for a more expansive and punitive criminal justice system and new support for conservative politicians and their causes.".
• catalog contributor b9210943.
• catalog coverage "United States Social conditions 1980-".
• catalog created "c1995.".
• catalog date "1995".
• catalog date "c1995.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
• catalog description "1. Introduction --- 2. Preliminaries --- 3. Faulty System --- 4. Social Breakdown --- 5. Blocked Opportunities --- 6. Media Violence and Racist System --- 7. Resource Strategies and Frame Performances: A Constructionist Explanation --- 8. Culture and Experience --- 9. Conclusion ---- Appendices.".
• catalog description "Crime in the streets has remained consistently among the most conspicuous aspects of the American political landscape. Sasson argues that the significance of our national preoccupation with the issue depends on how it is constructed or "framed" in the mass media and in everyday conversation. Drawing on the methodology for analyzing issue frames in political discourse developed by William Gamson (who has contributed a foreword to this book), Sasson identifies the five interpretative frames that comprise the crime debate: Faulty System, Social Breakdown, Blocked Opportunities, Media Violence, and Racist System. Tracking the performances of these frames in twenty small group discussions among black and white urbanites, and in a sample of newspaper columns, he demonstrates that the two "generally conservative" frames, Faulty System and Social Breakdown, are by far the most prominent. He explains their prominence in the group discussions through a careful analysis of the ideational resources (popular wisdom, personal experience, media discourse) used by the participants. Sasson's empirical findings lead him to conclude that the American preoccupation with crime will generate recurrent demands for a more expansive and punitive criminal justice system and new support for conservative politicians and their causes.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-192) and index.".
• catalog extent "xiii, 197 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0202305465 (cloth : acid-free paper)".
• catalog identifier "0202305473 (paper : acid-free paper)".
• catalog isPartOf "Social problems and social issues".
• catalog issued "1995".
• catalog issued "c1995.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Hawthorne, N.Y. : Aldine de Gruyter,".
• catalog spatial "United States Social conditions 1980-".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "401/.41 20".
• catalog subject "Crime United States.".
• catalog subject "Discourse analysis Social aspects United States.".
• catalog subject "Discourse analysis United States Social aspects.".
• catalog subject "Mass media and language United States.".
• catalog subject "P302.84 .S27 1995".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction --- 2. Preliminaries --- 3. Faulty System --- 4. Social Breakdown --- 5. Blocked Opportunities --- 6. Media Violence and Racist System --- 7. Resource Strategies and Frame Performances: A Constructionist Explanation --- 8. Culture and Experience --- 9. Conclusion ---- Appendices.".
• catalog title "Crime talk : how citizens construct a social problem / Theodore Sasson.".
• catalog type "text".