mass media + crime

Question 1

media REPS of crime

Answer 1

• News p’s= 30% coverage is crime but has distorted view of c
• Ditton+ duffy= m over rep violent + sexual c 40% reports were of these. - felson”age fallacy” created when media portrays criminals and victims white mc older-victimisation occurs.
• exaggeration of police sucess= good light -exaggerate risk of victimisation= women, white, old
• Felson dramatic fallacy =overplay extraordinary crime- focus on weird, imply c’s are intelligent ect.

Question 2

News values+crime

Answer 2

• crime distorted by news, show news = social construct by society some stories processed and some rejected.
• news is manufactured - news values= used by editors to decide if story is worthy enough to be ‘news’ - must meet criteria of= immediacy/dramatisation,personalisation,status,novelty,unexpectedness act. - Greer+ reiner= media seek news worthy stories exploit possibilities of story -

Question 3

fictional REP of crime

Answer 3

• fictional reps of crime= from tv, cinema, novels, which oppose stats, similar to news coverage.
• property crime under REP, violence drugs over REP
• fictional sex crime committed by psychos/strangers, villains (higher status mc male)

Question 4

crime as consumer spectacle

Answer 4

• media VIolence|( murder+ theft) part of infotainment
• hayward+young= advertisements use crime image attract youth marker-GTA

Question 5

media cause crime

Answer 5

• encourage imitation=copycat behaviour of c
• RAP lyrics and games encourage violence+criminality - desensitisaion= repeating violent/sexual imagery
• police= incompetent (portrayed) -stimulating good desire

a03= support Bandura doll experiment

Question 6

fear of c

Answer 6

• Gerbener= fear caused by media causing unrealistic fear of c, link between media + fear of c

Question 7

media Relative d+ crime

Answer 7

• left R= media increase relative d the norms + v’s we must conform too and if can’t RD to achieve them.

Question 8

media+ moral p’s

Answer 8

• media cause crime fear through labelling in deviancy amplication process: 1- moral panics identified as a threat by media, then present negatively+exaggerate, respectable condemn group and lead to SFP.
• cohens mods and rockers led to deviancy amplification spiral so media defined them as d and need control so SFP Created.
• a03 support- functionalist- moral p’s respond to crime a03-hall neo m= keep lc in place benefit capitalism

Question 9

global cyber crime

Answer 9

• jewels- internet create opportunities to commit conventional crime= fraud and new c(software piracy.)
• wall types of cyber crime= trespass(hacking ect), deception(identify theft), pornography(minors/children), violence(bullying ect)
• policing global cyber crime difficilt=lack resources, large scale - iT Development aid police more tools help with CCTV finger prints etc.

a03- beck risk society created as adjust to change.