Area X: Perceptions and Responses to Crime and Justice / 63: Media and the Social Construction of Crime

Cory R. Lepage, University of Alaska Anchorage

Dialogue about Fear: A case study examining the interaction of governmental distrust, race and scientific mistrust as seen through two cities’ newspaper comments. - Kristine Artello, Virginia Commonwealth University; Michele Greep, Virginia Commonwealth University

Every cop a doctor; every doctor a cop - Mitch Librett, Bridgewater State University; Dina Perrone, California State University, Long Beach

Born With a Silver Spoon: Media Depictions of Addiction across Race and Class - Kyle Ward Letteney, University of Tennessee

From the nameless addict to the unexpected victim: Media representations of overdose, 1988 to 2014 - Katherine McLean, Penn State Greater Allegheny