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- outdated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
