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Media Influence on the Public Opinion of Criminal Justice Issues and Policies: A Quantitative Descriptive Study.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Media Influence on the Public Opinion of Criminal Justice Issues and Policies: A Quantitative Descriptive Study./
Author:	Whitman, Melinda Swanson.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2019,
Description:	184 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 80-10, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International80-10A.
Subject:	Business administration. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=13813920
ISBN:	9781392046524

Media Influence on the Public Opinion of Criminal Justice Issues and Policies: A Quantitative Descriptive Study.
Whitman, Melinda Swanson.

Media Influence on the Public Opinion of Criminal Justice Issues and Policies: A Quantitative Descriptive Study. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2019 - 184 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 80-10, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northcentral University, 2019.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

The problem investigated in this study was whether media has shaped public opinion about criminal justice issues. Prior research concerning media influence on criminal justice issues has noted that the depiction of criminal justice events in the media does impact the public's opinion (Baker et al., 2015; Boothe-Perry, 2014; Cole, 2015; Frost, 2011). The general problem is that media misinformation and exaggeration of criminal justice events also has a significant social, and cultural impact because exaggerated events often create moral panic (Furedi, 2016; Maguire & Singer, 2011) that may lead to ill-conceived legislation (DeVault, Miller, & Griffin, 2016; Mancini & Mears, 2013). A survey instrument was used to measure media credibility (Johnson & Kay, 2016), political efficacy (Johnson & Kay, 2016), and knowledge about criminal justice as well as the participant's NFC score (Cacioppo et al., 1984) to see if participants who score higher on the NFC scale also had a more accurate understanding of criminal justice events. Facebook chain methodology was used to obtain a convenience sample of 257 participants. Linear regression analysis was used to analyze whether a respondent's NFC had an impact on their knowledge of criminal justice issues and an adjusted R 2 was -.001 demonstrated that a respondent's NFC did not significantly impact their understanding of criminal justice issues (p=.356). The Pearson's two-tailed test showed results of .785 which demonstrated that there is not a significant relationship between a respondent's political efficacy and knowledge of criminal justice issues, and there is was statistically significant relationship between political efficacy and knowledge about criminal justice issues. The Pearson's two-tailed test showed results of .680 which demonstrated that there was not a significant relationship between a respondent's level of education and knowledge of criminal justice issues which showed that there was no statistically significant relationship. The was only one significant relationship between scores for social media as source of CJ news and understanding of CJ issues. This means that ascribing lower scores to using social media as a source of CJ news was significantly associated with higher scores for understanding of CJ issues, however, Media Influence variables were not a statistically significant predictor of understanding of criminal justice issues.

ISBN: 9781392046524Subjects--Topical Terms:

3168311
Business administration.

Media Influence on the Public Opinion of Criminal Justice Issues and Policies: A Quantitative Descriptive Study.
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