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News media reporting on civil litigation and its influence on civil justice decision making.
Full Abstract
The news media have the potential to act as a powerful influence on the civil litigation system, influencing decision making in particular cases and on the system more generally as media reports influence the decision making of various participants in the system. This paper reviews the research that has examined the relationship between news media reporting and civil litigation and proposes a framework that integrates this work and provides guidance for future research efforts. Specifically, we discuss the nature of media reporting on civil litigation, perceptions of the civil litigation system held by the public and legal actors, and the potential influence of news reporting about civil litigation on the decision making of jurors, judges, civil litigants, and policymakers. Overall, the research suggests that news reporting of civil litigation presents a systematically distorted picture of civil litigation and that this reporting can influence perceptions and outcomes of civil litigation in various ways. However, there are many gaps in the existing research that need to be filled. The proposed organizational scheme helps to identify ways that future research can provide links between the findings of existing research and to identify ways in which this research can be extended to new areas.
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Author information
Author/s: Robbennolt, Jennifer K (JK); Studebaker, Christina A (CA);
Affiliation: University of Missouri School of Law, Hulston Hall, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA.
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Legal Cases; Review
Journal: Law and human behavior (Law Hum Behav), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2003-Feb; vol 27 (issue 1) : pp 5-27
Dates: Created 2003/03/21; Completed 2003/04/16; Revised 2005/11/16;
PMID: 12647465, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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