A comparison of fictional television crime and crime index statistics
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- 1 March 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Communication Research Reports
- Vol. 18 (2) , 192-199
Abstract
This study uses content analysis to examine fictional television crime programs as compared to actual crime statistics from the FBI Uniform Crime Report. Issues of crime type, gender, age, and socio‐economic class were analyzed and results showed a statistical significance in all categories. This work contributes to cultivation theory; the culmination of similar messages on fictional television crime programs re‐enforces impressions that are not based on reality.Keywords
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