Crime And Media Flashcards

1
Q

Representations of crime in media

A

Violent and sexual crime offences are over represented

- property crime is underrepresented despite being the majority of crimes reported to the police

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2
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Newburn

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News coverage can be misleading

  • disproportionally feature older and higher status offenders
  • exaggerated risk of being a victim of crime especially if you’re white higher status and female
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3
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News coverage is misleading

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Newburn

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4
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Evaluation of newburn

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Some variety in media coverage

- tendency to show police as corrupt

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5
Q

Jewkes

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Specific news values

  • celebrity
  • unexpectedness
  • simplicity
  • violence
  • proximity
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6
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News values applying to crime stories

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Jewkes

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7
Q

Reiner - 3 trends in crime coverage

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Accentuates the negatives
Highlights victim culture
Law and order portrayed as the only way to tackle frighting news

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8
Q

Three trends in crime coverage

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Reiner

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9
Q

How does the media cause crime

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Hypodermic needle 
Copycat violence 
Desensitisation 
Drip drip 
Bobo doll 
Disinhibition effect 
Arousal - risk taking
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10
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Greer and Reiner

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Criminogenic
- opportunity - encourages consumption
Means - transmits techniques to commit crime
Motive - increase feelings of relative deprivation

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11
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Criminogenic media

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Greer and Reiner

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12
Q

Why will people not commit crime from Media

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Increased surveillance 
Boundary maintenance 
Sensitisation 
Catharsis 
Bobo doll 
Not all audiences are passive
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13
Q

Wall

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Four categories of cyber crime

  • cyber trespass
  • cyber deception
  • cyber pornography
  • cyber violence and stalking
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14
Q

Policing in cyber crime

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Surveillance due to developments in media
Digital fingerprints
Monitoring emails
CCTV

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15
Q

Moral panics

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Killer clowns

Islamic terrorism

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16
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Mcrobbie and Thornton

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Moral panics are outdated

  • audiences won’t respond in same way
  • less certainty about what is unambiguously bad’ today
17
Q

Moral panics outdated

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Mcrobbie and Thornton