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

• Main Author: Ford, George T, IV
• Format: Others
• Published: Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University 2013
• Subjects: Media Influences; Student Attitudes; Police Contact; General Dimensions; Performance Dimensions; Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Online Access: https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1167; https://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2335&context=etd

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.