Gangs beat and kill much faster than dying (maybe) from pollution.
Gangs are immediate threats. Pollution is a distant threat.Walter Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Evan Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 6:21 AM Subject: TEACHSOC: Re: for culture and media classes - Media coverage research > > Thanks, I'll use this for my Violence course, where we'll be exploring the > "culture of fear" created by the media by emphasizing certain kinds of news > over others -- like why do people believe that it's gangs, rather than > pollution, that is the biggest threat to safety in south central LA? > Sarah Murray > William Paterson U of NJ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Evan Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 11:59 PM > Subject: TEACHSOC: for culture and media classes - Media coverage research > > > > > > Came across this today (now I forget where - I think it was the > > American prospect website) and thought folks teaching culture or mass > > media classes could use the findings from this website: > > > > http://www.beawitness.org/methodology. > > > > Specifically, they catalog how many segments ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, > > Fox , and MSNBC devoted in June to Sudan versus Tom Cruise, the runaway > > bride, and the Michael Jackson trial. I didn't even think it would be > > this bad, (and FOX wasn't even the worse culprit.) > > > > Evan Cooper > > >
