Framing an execution : the media and Mumia Abu-Jamal

Resource Information

The work Framing an execution : the media and Mumia Abu-Jamal represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Framing an execution : the media and Mumia Abu-Jamal

Title remainder

the media and Mumia Abu-Jamal

Statement of responsibility

Media Education Foundation ; director, Sut Jhally ; producers, Sut Jhally, Tom Gardner

Title variation

ABC News & the case of Mumia Abu Jamal

Contributor

• Kanopy (Firm)
• Gardner, Tom
• Garner, Kelly
• Glover, Danny
• Jhally, Sut
• Leppzer, Robby
• Monahan, Thom

Subject

• Abu-Jamal, Mumia -- Trials, litigation, etc
• Communication
• Death row inmates -- Press coverage -- United States
• Journalism
• Journalism -- Objectivity -- United States
• Mass media and criminal justice
• Television broadcasting of news -- Objectivity -- United States
• Trials (Murder) -- Press coverage -- United States

Genre

• Trials, litigation, etc

Language

• eng
• eng

Summary

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. Framing an Execution raises serious questions about balance, fairness, and accuracy in media

Cataloging source

MaNoMEF

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Camera, Robbie Leppzer, Kelly Garner ; editors, Sut Jhally, Kelly Garner ; music, Thom Monahan

Date time place

Originally produced by Media Education Foundation in 1997

Intended audience

• Grade 9+
• Higher education

PerformerNote

Narrator, Danny Glover ; interviewer, Tom Gardner0

Runtime

49

Technique

live action