Criminologists in the Media av Imogen (Deakin University Australia) Richards, Mary (Deakin University Australia) Iliadis, Mark Wood

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<P><EM>Criminologists in the Media </EM>presents the results of a cross-national study examining the structures that shape criminologists'' contributions to news and social media discourse.</P><P>Drawing on interviews with criminologists and a survey of 1,211 criminologists working in the US, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland, and South Africa, this book represents the first cross-national study exploring how, why, and to what extent criminologists working in these countries engage in newsmaking and digital public criminology. Through examining the predictors of criminologists appearing in news media, the research presented in this book demonstrates that newsmaking practices within criminology are not reflective of equal access, interest, or opportunity. Rather, newsmaking operates within ''fields of power'' shaped by the political economy of higher education, and researchers'' academic rank, gender, and areas of research expertise. Together, these factors generate severa