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Portrayals of crime, race, and aggression in “reality‐based” police shows: A content analysis
Abstract
A content analysis of “reality‐based” police shows (e.g., Cops.) was conducted to explore portrayals of crime, race, and aggression. Violent crime was overrepresented in the programs as was the percentage of crimes that were portrayed as solved. White characters were more likely to be portrayed as police officers than criminal suspects, whereas black and Hispanic characters were more likely to be portrayed as criminal suspects than police officers. Police officers were generally more likely to engage in aggressive behaviors than were criminal suspects, and black and Hispanic criminal suspects were more likely than white criminal suspects to be the recipient of unarmed physical aggression by police officers.
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“Applying controlling images to American policing reveals a deep cultural association of Blackness with criminality (Collins 1999; Oliver 1994).”
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“I focus on one such mechanism for selective coverage: the racialized and gendered controlling images 2 that associate Black men with criminality and public threats (Collins 1999; Oliver 1994; Russell-Brown 1998; Stroud 2016).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Oliver, M. B.
- Affiliations
- Virginia Tech (US)
- Corresponding author
- Oliver, Mary Beth
- ORCID
- Oliver, Mary Beth
- Venue
- Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1994-03-01
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 179-192
- ISSN
- 0883-8151 (ISSN-L)
- 1550-6878
- OpenAlex
- W2014333583
- Cited by
- 233
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 24 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 11
- FWCI
- 23.14
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Policing Practices and Perceptions
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime, Deviance, and Social Control
- Social Sciences › Communication › News Media Framing and Political Communication
- Keywords
- reality television, race, racial stereotypes, aggression, police brutality, criminal suspects, media representation, COPS
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