Framing an execution : the media and Mumia Abu-Jamal / Media Education Foundation ; director, Sut Jhally ; producers, Sut Jhally, Tom Gardner.

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This video examines the controversial case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, a journalist on death row in connection with the fatal shooting of a Philadelphia police officer. It provides a careful analysis of an influential ABC 20/20 report as an important case study for students of journalism and communication....

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Kanopy (Firm)
Other Authors: Gardner, Tom
Garner, Kelly (Film producer, editor and cinematographer)
Glover, Danny
Jhally, Sut
Leppzer, Robby
Monahan, Thom
Language:English
Published: [place of publication not identified] : Media Education Foundation, 1997.
Series:Kanopy films.
Subjects:
Abu-Jamal, Mumia > Trials, litigation, etc.
Communication.
Death row inmates > Press coverage > United States.
Journalism > Objectivity > United States.
Journalism.
Mass media and criminal justice.
Television broadcasting of news > Objectivity > United States.
Trials (Murder) > Press coverage > United States.
Documentary films.
Genre:
Trials, litigation, etc.
Documentary films.
Online Access:
Connect to: A Kanopy streaming video - MSU authorized users (kanopy)
Connect to: Cover Image - MSU authorized users
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file, 66 min.)
Variant Title:
ABC News & the case of Mumia Abu Jamal
Format: Electronic Video

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Connect to: A Kanopy streaming video - MSU authorized users (kanopy)
Connect to: Cover Image - MSU authorized users