keywords for media crime

Question 1

what does consumer spectacle mean

Answer 1

-media covers only those crimes that sell newspapers e.g sex, violence

Question 2

what is agenda setting

Answer 2

-media tried to influence viewers by only presenting certain crimes or victims

Question 3

what is news values

Answer 3

-aspects of a story that make it more newsworthy or interesting for those to watch or read

Question 4

what is backwards law?

Answer 4

-media presents the opposite version of reality e.g women being killed by strangers

Question 5

what is moral panic

Answer 5

-media exaggerates an event or occurrence and the public and authorities react to this

Question 6

what are moral entrepreneurs

Answer 6

-take a lead in labelling a particular behaviour and causing panic

Question 7

what is deviancy amplification

Answer 7

-more deviance occurs because of moral panic that’s been created

Question 8

what is hyper reality

Answer 8

-media presents events in a way that are not real

Question 9

what is citizen journalism?

Answer 9

-public presents own version of a news through social media