Mass Media Flashcards
Who did Cohen investigate in the 1960’s? (Media crime)
Mods and rockers
Who did Hall investigate in the 1970’s? (Media crime)
Back muggings
What is the term ‘moral panic’ based on? (Media crime)
Based on the idea of an exaggerated idea that some behaviour is deviant
What are the 5 stages of moral panics? (Media crime)
1) media reports in negative way
2) follow up stories
3) media focuses on symbolism
4) people with influence condem the group
5) police under pressure
What do we mean by symbolism in terms of moral panic? (Media crime)
A way in which the public can recognise the group of deviants
What does Cohen argue moral panics are used for? (Media crime)
Linked to moral crises
What do Marxists argue about moral panics? (Media crime)
Used as a smoke screen by those in power to take light away from another event
What do L.realists argue about moral panics? (Media crime)
Based on a real threat to those living in the inner city area
What does the media do to the public? (Media crime)
The media sensitises the public to reporting some activities as crime e.g zero tolerance campaigns
What did McRobbie state about moral panics and why? (Media crime)
- outdated
- frequency of crimes has increased
- difficulty in identifying
What did Ditton and Duffy find? (Media crime)
46% of media reports are on violent or sexual crime, but these only make up 3% of all crimes
Tabloid newspapers fuel the public with false knowledge, what is an example of this? (Media crime)
Tendency to demonise rapists as evil psychopaths, when the majority of rape are committed by a friend or family
What is missing white girl syndrome? (Media crime)
A term coined to describe a form a media hype that has excessive coverage devoted to a specific missing girl e.g mad alone McCan
The media plays up black muggings, but what is really the case? (Media crime)
Afro-caribbean individuals are 2x more likely to be the victim of crime
What did Felson state that media reinforces? (Media crime)
Falsehoods about crime
Give an example of Felsons work (media crime)
- age fallacy - all ages involve crime
- class fallacy - middle class are more likely to be the victim
- police fallacy - the police are effective
How can the media be seen to be the cause of crime? (Media crime)
heightens relative deprivation e.g Facebook
What do marxist argue about the media? (Media crime)
Moral panics centre around elite groups
How do interpretivists explain the media? (Media crime)
The media is a social construction, only giving selective evidence
What do feminists argue about the media? (Media crime)
The media downplays the extent to which women are the victims and portrays them in an objective way e.g sun page 3
What do moral panics lead to? (Media crime)
Deviancy amplification
