Crime At El Escorial: The 1892 Child Murder, The Press, And The Jury

Crime at El Escorial presents a comparative social and judicial analysis of an 1892 child murder, drawing from newspaper archives among other historical documents. D.J. Walker discusses the role of Spain's intellectual elite in crystallizing dissatisfaction with the popular jury through its criticism of the "masses" and the impact of journalists' fictionalized representations of the murder on public opinion. 9780761863557 0761863559 0 BOOK Journalism NOT_MATURE http://books.google.com/books/content?id=VJ6IoAEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&source=gbs_api en

• | Author: D. J. Walker
• | Publisher: University Press Of America
• | Publication Date: Aug 01, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 228 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0761863559
• | ISBN-13: 9780761863557