Talking heads: crime reporting on cable news

Citation

Frost, N. A., & Phillips, N. D. (2011). Talking heads: Crime reporting on cable news. Justice Quarterly, 28(1), 87-112.

The study examines the extent of academic participation in newsmaking and finds that criminologists and other academic experts infrequently appear on cable news shows The study also finds that guests only rarely address the causes of or policy responses to crime and violence.