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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Fear, Authority, and Justice: Crime-Related TV Viewing and Endorsements of Capital Punishment and Gun Ownership
Contributor:
Holbert, R. Lance;
Shah, Dhavan V.;
Kwak, Nojin
imprint:
SAGE Publications, 2004
Published in:Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1177/107769900408100208
ISSN:
1077-6990;
2161-430X
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:p> We focus on the relationships among three types of television viewing (news, police reality, and crime drama) and attitudes toward capital punishment and handguns, as well as the likelihood of actually owning a handgun. A host of exogenous variables are treated as predictors of television use, support for police authority, fear of crime, and our criterion variables. A series of direct and indirect relationships are assessed. Analysis suggests that viewing police reality shows is both directly and indirectly related to the endorsement of capital punishment and handgun ownership, while also directly predicting a greater likelihood of actual handgun ownership. In addition, TV news viewing predicts fear of crime in audience members, and this fear contributes to the endorsement of capital punishment and handgun ownership. Crime drama viewing is positively related to support for the death penalty. </jats:p>