The Impact of Newspaper Reports on Fear of Violent Crime in Hong Kong

Runping Zhu; Richard Krever; Alfred Siu Kay Choi

doi:10.1177/0739532918806889

The Impact of Newspaper Reports on Fear of Violent Crime in Hong Kong

Runping Zhu, Richard Krever, Alfred Siu Kay Choi

UWA Law School

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This study analyzed violent crime reports in three large circulation newspapers and tested by survey the relationship between newspaper reporting of crime and fear of crime. As was expected, there was a nexus between more sensationalist newspaper reporting and the public’s fear of crime. Unexpected findings were an inverse relationship between newspaper format and awareness of violent crime, and also between awareness of crime and fear of crime.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	470-480
Number of pages	11
Journal	Newspaper Research Journal
Volume	39
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0739532918806889
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2018

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