Manufacturing the Gang : Mexican American Youth Gangs on Local Television News.

Cover -- Manufacturing the Gang -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- NEWS AS SOCIAL PROCESS -- WHY STUDY LOCAL TV NEWS? -- MEDIA REPRESENTATION -- CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE -- CRITICAL THEORY -- A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MEXICAN AMERICAN YOUTH GANG -- MEXICAN AMERICAN YOUTH GANGS AND THE NEWS MEDIA -- METHOD -- Chapter 2 Historical Roots of the Mexican American Youth Gang -- GRAMSCI AND THE STUDY OF HISTORY -- EARLY HISTORY -- GROWTH OF LITERACY AND RISE OF PRINT MEDIA -- ROOTS OF TENSIONS AND CONFLICTS BETWEEN MEXICANS AND ANGLOS -- THE CORTEZ "GANG" -- NEW MEDIA, OLD STORIES -- ORIGINS OF THE STUDY OF THE MODERN MEXICAN AMERICAN YOUTH GANG -- MARIJUANA LAWS -- SLEEPY LAGOON CASE -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 3 Influence of Newsworkers -- WHY STUDY ROLE OF NEWSWORKERS? -- PRODUCING GANG NEWS STORIES -- DECIDING TO MAKE NEWS -- NEWSWORKERS AND NEWSWORK -- OBJECTIVITY IN NEWS -- PROFESSIONAL VALUES -- INFLUENCE OF NEWSWORKERS -- Chapter 4 Police Influence -- GETTING TO THE SOURCE -- STRUCTURING THE GANG -- GIVING TELEVISION NEWS WHAT IT WANTS -- CULTURAL INFLUENCES -- GETTING TO THE SOURCE -- GETTING THE STORY OUT AND MEETING THE DEADLINE -- ORGANIZING TO FIGHT CRIME -- CONTAINING THE FEAR OF GANGS -- DEFINING GANGS -- BRIEF HISTORY OF GANGS IN RESEARCH AREA -- RAPPING AGAINST GANGS -- ORGANIZING TO FIGHT GANGS -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 5 Community Leaders -- DEFINING COMMUNITY LEADERS -- IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING INFLUENCE OF COMMUNITY LEADERS -- GETTING MEDIA ATTENTION -- RESOURCES -- Chapter 6 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

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