Discussion Questions 4220 W11.1
Read the 2007 journal article Media Coverage of the Cincinnati Riots and Implications for Law Enforcement Public Relations by Lachlan, Blair, Skalski, Westerman, & Spence published In Police Forum (Vol. 16, pp. 12-23). After reading the article answer these questions.
How long was it before the police provided full details of the shooting, what impact may this have had?
What is the ‘economic theory of news making’, identify a strategy from the reading the media uses to enhance this theory, and explain why does it matter when considering police-media relations?
According to this article, what is ‘Priming’ and how does it impact every citizen and officer when reading, listening, or watching the media?
Briefly describe the sample, method, and coding that was used for this article
How, or how not, does this article relate to what you have learned in the book?
In the Discussion section of the paper, several the authors discuss several ‘potentials for improvement’. Which one do you believe to be the most crucial and why?
