The Press on Trial - Crimes and Trials as Media Events

List of contents

Preface: The Opening Statement
The Case of John Peter Zenger (1735) "A monkey.about 4 foot high" by Gene Wiggins
The Case of the Boston Massacre (1770) "A melancholy demonstration" by Carol Sue Humphrey
The Case of John Brown (1859) "John Brown still lives!" by Bernell Tripp
The Case of the Haymarket Riot (1886) "This is the happiest moment of my life!" by Kittrell Rushing
The Case of Lizzie Borden (1893) "Elizabeth Borden took an ax" by Donald Avery
The Case of Harry K. Thaw (1907) "You have ruined my wife!" by Janet S. Boyle
The Case of the Chicago Black Sox (1921) "Say it ain't so Joe" by Lloyd Chiasson Jr.
The Case of John Scopes (1925) "In the beginning." by Lloyd Chiasson Jr.
The Case of the Scottsboro Boys (1931) "Bigots whose mouths are slits in their faces" by Michael Maher
The Case of Bruno Hauptmann (1935) "The greatest story since the Resurrection" by Alfred N. Delahaye
The Cases of Alger Hiss and the Rosenbergs (1949, 1951) "Would you open your mouth." by Joseph McKerns
The Case of Lieutenant William Calley (1970) "We were all kind of crazed" by James Stewart
The Case of the Chicago Seven (1969) "The pigs are coming, the pigs are coming" by Arthur Kaul
The Case of Charles Manson (1970) "Plump ripe rabbits" by Robert W. Dardenne
The Case of O. J. Simpson (1995) "No closer to Greek tragedy than Oedipus Hertz" by Paul Thaler
The Verdict by Michael Maher and Lloyd Chiasson Jr.
Selected Bibliography
Index

About the author

LLOYD CHIASSON JR. is Professor, Department of Mass Communication, Nicholls State University. Among his earlier publications are The Press in Times of Crisis (Greenwood Press, 1995) and The Press on Trial (Greenwood Press, 1997).

Product details

• Authors: Chiasson Lloyd E.
• Assisted by: Lloyd Jr. Chiasson (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.08.1997
• EAN: 9780313300226
• ISBN: 978-0-313-30022-6
• No. of pages: 248
• Weight: 567 g
• Series: Contributions to the Study of Mass Media and Communications
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; Media Studies, LAW / Criminal Law / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Criminal law & procedure, LAW / Media & the Law, Criminal law: procedure and offences, Entertainment and media law, Popular Culture: Media, Television, and Radio