Media of Coverage of Crime in Major Cities: 1996-1997

Is Media Coveage related to the amount of crime?

Is there six times as much crime in Indianapolis
as in Chicago?

PERCENTAGE OF NEWS COVERAGE DEVOTED TO CRIME BY CITY

New
York
City

Austin,
Texas

Los
Angeles

Miami

Fla

Eugene

Oregon

Syracuse

 NY

27.2%

27.2%

28.3%

21.7%

18.0%

17.6%%

Indianapolis

Chicago

36.7%

6.8%

 

One quarter of all TV shows are related to crime

Since 1953, more than 36% of all prime time TV shows were related to law and crime