Crime And The Media

Question 1

Define the term ‘complex nexus’

Answer 1

Extreme distortion of crime = causing social crisis and moral panic

Question 2

What are the 3 components that form the complex nexus?

Answer 2

1. Impact of the media on crime
2. Impact of the media on the public
3. Impact of the media on policy

Question 3

Define the term ‘cultivation theory’

Answer 3

Cultivated view of the world

- crime is increasing and penalties are lenient

Question 4

What are the 4 components that make up the cultivation theory

Answer 4

1. Substitution
   - stronger in absence of personal experience
2. Resonance
   - stronger in presence of personal experience
3. Affinity
   - stronger for those resembling fictional victims
4. Vulnerability
   - stronger for those feeling vulnerable