Media Influences and Student Attitudes Toward Law Enforcement Figures Within Northeast Tennessee

<p>The purpose of this study is to analyze student attitudes toward various law enforcement figures and to obtain a better understanding of public relations, police effectiveness, and media influences in Northeastern Tennessee. This literature review provided a preliminary analysis of related works to advance the accuracy in conducting and examining future studies. The fields that deserve the most analysis are the underlying dimensions associated with public attitudes about police effectiveness, the media’s impact on public attitudes toward police, and the individual, external, and contextual variables that influence public attitudes toward police.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

MA (Master of Arts)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - unrestricted

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Criminal Justice and Criminology

Year dc:date.issued

2013

Author dc:creator

• Ford, George T, IV

• Media Influences
• Student Attitudes
• Police Contact
• General Dimensions
• Performance Dimensions
• Criminology and Criminal Justice

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright by the authors.

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1167

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dc.etsu.edu:etd-2335