Traditional Values and the Problem of Death Sentence in American Mass Media

Abstract

In the present article we examined the genesis of public opinion in the USA about the death sentence basing on public reaction to the information given on the subject in written and electronic mass media. We placed our close attention on the changes of public opinion in evaluating facts due to ratings of the sources and the influence of certain US mass media. The issues covered in the present article appear not only relevant and valid from politico-social point of view, but are also undoubtedly innovative in two aspects: the global character of presentation of a problem and the specificity of the attained results.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n5s3p360