ACAP Learning Resources: JALE1054 Crime & the Media: Critical Analysis

CRITICAL (MEDIA) ANALYSIS 2023, T3

News via Google
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Try the following keyword searches:
murder + "The Age"
manslaughter in "The Age"
murder + "Sydney Morning Herald"
manslaughter in "Sydney Morning Herald"
murder + "Courier Mail"
manslaughter in "Courier Mail"
murder + "ABC news"
homicide + "Sydney morning herald"
assault + "Sydney morning herald"
assault + "courier mail"
scammed + "Sydney morning herald"
scam + news.com.au
neglect + "the Age"
"sydney morning herald" + online dating scams

Or you can search for articles on specific cases on Google:
Most recent Bourke St attack - try these searches
bourke street attack + Sisto (Sisto was the victim)
Hassan Khalif Shire Ali (Ali was the offender)

Homicide/Domestic Violence
Hannah Clarke
Mayang Prasetyo + news
Stuart Rattle + news
Ristevski (surname of both victim and offender)

Homicide Victims (Killed by strangers)
Eurydice Dixon
Aiia Maasarwe
Natalina Angok
Courtney Herron
tracey connelly st kilda

Female White Collar Crime
Melissa Caddick
Rosemary Rogers + NAB + news
Cathy Jackson
"Frances Walshe" + news

Insider Trading
Christopher Hill + insider trading + news
Lukas Kamay + insider trading + news
Oliver Curtis + insider trading + news
John Hartman + insider trading + news

Youth Crime
Kimberley + "youth crime" + ABC news
gold coast + youth crime + "ABC news" + 2023

Gang Violence
gang crime + NSW + news

Serial Killers
Bradley Edwards (Aus)
Rex Heuermann (US - charged but not convicted)
The Conversation
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Try the following searches:
Mayang Prasetyo (homicide victim)
Insider trading
homicide
"drug trade" Australia
ANZ Reference Desk (Newspapers Via EBSCO)
Click on the link above and login using your ACAP login details >
Ensure the full text box is ticked >
Select newspaper in the publication type box and you can add a newspaper name to the empty box to the right (under the full text box) if you wish - such as "Sydney Morning Herald" or "Herald Sun".
Enter some keywords in the search boxes at the top of the form.

Searching on the library catalogue
The following search is linked as an example:
Box 1: ideal victim
Box 2: crime reporting
Box 3: Australia
After the results loaded, the date range was changed to 2003- 2024 and peer reviewed articles was selected.

You could also try other searches, for example:
(is exact) Box 1: crime news
(contains) Box 2: impact
(contains) Box 3: Australia
After the results load, change the date range to 2003- 2024 and select peer reviewed articles.

(is exact) Box 1: news values
(contains) Box 2: crime
(contains) Box 3: Australia
After the results load, change the date range to 2003- 2024 and select peer reviewed articles.

Searching on Ebook Central
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Search for the following book titles >
Crime and justice: a guide to criminology (see chapter on crime and the media)
Crime, criminality and criminal justice (see chapter on crime and the media)
Crime, Justice and the Media
Crime, Justice and Social Media
Sex Crime and the Media: Sex Offending and the Press in a Divided Society
Crime and the Media (1 user at a time)
Crime, victims and the media
Once you have located the book, click on the (linked) title of the book you would like to read >
Click on the Read Online button.

Try the following keyword search:
crime AND "media influence"
criminal justice AND "media influence"

Keyword Searching on EBSCO
Click on the link above and login using your ACAP login details.
click on continue when the choose databases screen loads >
Ensure the full text and peer reviewed boxes are ticked >
Try the following keyword searches:
crime AND news AND impact
crime AND media AND impact
crime AND television AND impact
reporting crime AND mass media
news media AND crime
television AND crime
public AND crime news
moral panic AND crime AND news
crime AND media influence
crime AND media representation

Keyword Searching on Proquest
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Ensure the full-text and peer reviewed boxes are ticked.
Try the following keyword searches:
"moral panic" AND crime AND news
"public opinion" AND "mass media" AND crime AND Australia
"news media" AND crime AND "public opinion"
television AND crime AND "public opinion"
"news media" AND crime AND impact
media AND crime AND impact
television AND crime AND impact
crime AND media influence
crime AND news AND perception

Keyword Searching on SAGE
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Log in using your ACAP student portal details >
Select: Only content I have full access to
Try the following keyword search:
crime AND "media influence"

Taylor & Francis
Click on the link above and log in using your Navitas details >
Try the following keyword search:
crime news impact
crime television impact
crime news Australia
crime television Australia
crime media Australia
crime "media influence"

Some results will appear but click on the 'Only show content I have full access to' (on the left hand side of the screen) and wait for the results to reload (a few seconds). You will be able to open any articles with a green ticked section or yellow padlocked section in the lower right hand corner of each record.

Search for the following article on Taylor & Francis:
- Watching the detectives: Crime programming, fear of crime, and attitudes about the criminal justice system

Articles on Google Scholar
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Search for the following articles:
- If it bleeds, it leads. The clinical implications of fear-based programming in news media
- A typology of victim characterization in television crime dramas
- Fear of crime: the impact of different distributions of victimisation
- Crime in the News: How Crimes, Offenders and Victims are Portrayed in the Media
Note: When using Google Scholar, if an article has a link to the right, such as [PDF] researchgate.net, it is available for free. Click on the link to the right to open the article.
Most of the referencing information for these publications can be found by clicking on the little quote mark under each record. If some of this information is missing, check the headers and footers of the article you are reading.

SLS Writing Guide for a Media Analysis
SLS Writing Guide: Bias Free Language
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