Date of Award
Summer 1991
Document Type
Thesis - Restricted
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Communication
First Advisor
Griffin, Robert
Second Advisor
Slattery, Karen
Third Advisor
Moroney, Siobhan
Abstract
A survey with high school age students was conducted to measure the effects of television viewing on perceptions of the reality of television, and perceptions of crime and justice in America. While viewing certain types of programs was found to affect perceptions, overall television viewing, often used in cultivation studies, rarely related to any perceptions. A stronger determinant of perceptions of crime and justice than viewing was personal experience or knowledge of experiences of family members and close friends. It appears that the re-enactment programs of today's prime time television may change viewers perceptions of justice and law enforcement differently than the typical prime time crime program.
Recommended Citation
Kennedy, Joan L., "The Impact of Viewing Crime Dramatization of Television on Perceptions of Crime and Justice in Society" (1991). Master's Theses (1922-2009) Access restricted to Marquette Campus. 1694.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/theses/1694