Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2013
Abstract
Focusing on prime-time dramatic television as the most prevalent source of fictional images of violence, crime, and incarceration, in this chapter I address the distorted narratives and images that saturate popular television dramas. I also draw upon interviews I conducted with ex-prisoners to show how media representations of imprisonment, though inaccurate and misleading, shape the perceptions even of those who have themselves been incarcerated.
Recommended Citation
Yousman, B. (2013). Challenging the media-incarceration complex through media education. In S.J. Harnett, E. Novek, & J.K. Wood (Eds.), Working for justice: a handbook of prison education and activism (pp. 141-159). Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
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ISBN 9780252037702 (hardcover); 9780252079221 (paper); 9780252094965 (ebook)