Media Flashcards
Media
overly distorted image of crime - overep violent crime
news = soc construc based on news values that expl media interest in crime
Overrepresentation of Sexual & Violent Crime
Ditton & Duffy (1983) 46% of media reports = about violent/sex crimes but = only 3% of crime
Marsh (1991) new reports = 36x m likely too report violent crime than prop crime
Hypodermic Syringe Model
media auds = passive recipients of media message & recieve w/o crit thought - act upon mindlessly - based on study of Nazi prop
Bandura - violence = learned - but some argue children = aware = harmless - may X relate
Functionalism
media helps keep soc sol - crime reported reflect things ppl = m concerned about & want reported - meets demand - dif forms of media report dif crimes dif not all dom by single ideo / agenda
Marxism
reporting of crime reflects RC ideo - RC crimes = underrep - sex/violent crimes focus means WCC & corp = seen as less serious - WC crime overrep used to maintain control
Feminism
crime reporting reinforces stereo & oppression - women portrayed as vics underrep violence against women = crit when rep sex crimes seen as entertai
Interpretevists
media = soc construc as is crime - labels attached by moral entreps
Postmodernism
Baudriallard - media creates reality - ppl have no understanding of crime only media rep exper in mass media
Imitation
Media Causes of Crime
provides dev RMs - ppl copy behav
arousal - viewing violent / sexual images - may act out what have viewed in media
Desensitisation
Media Causes of Crime
watching violence in media can lower level of shock values - no longer horrified - can = m likely to commit act selves
Deprivation
Media Causes of Crime
links to LR & Strain Theory - idea media provides unobtainable lifestyle ideas - may commit crime to achieve
Arousal
Media Causes of Crime
inc adrenaline & endorphins leads to ppl engaging in risky & crim behav - inc in traffic crime in opening weeks of fast 7 furious
School for Crime
Media Causes of Crime
watching crime shows & news can help hone skills & learn how to = less detechable
Evaluating Media as a Cause of Crime
watching violent media may sensitise some ppl - see consequens so less likely to commit - also not everyone that views commits crime
PMs & pluralsits argues ppl more active than HSM
Distorted Image of Crime
overrep sexual & violent crime - exag police success & risk of vic
overplay extraord crimes - Felson - dramatic fallacy - media images give idea crims = daring & intelligent
Fictional Representations of Crime
Surette
fic reps follow law of ops - oppose official stats - underrep prop crime & overrep violence, sex & drug crime
fic sex crimes = psycho strangers - really = m likely an acquaintances - fic villains = higher status middle aged white males & police usuallly catch
Moral Panics
Cohen Mods & Rockers
looked at media respose to disturbances between sub culs in 1960s - found although = relatively minor disord media amplified & exag causing deve ampli spiral:
exag & distortion - exag nums involved & extent of violence & damage
prediction - assumed further conflict
symbolisation - syms of M’s& R’s defined them
cause MPs now on knife crime & gangs
Deviancy Amplification
Cohen - amplis via labelling - creates fold devils & moral panics - some see as unconvin - B&M wouldnt have rioted in 2011 if media not covered london - ? whether can make law adiding cits dev - m had records - just gave idea
News Values
Cohen & Young
news = manu - NVs - key to deciding if news worthy =
immediacy - breaking news, dramatisation - action & excitement, personalisation - human interest, higher stats - celebs, simplification - eliminating grey areas, risk, vic centred stories about vuln & fear, violence
Lea & Young
media present everyone w/ image of materialistic good life - norm to conform to - causes rela dep & marg for groups who can’t afford
Evaluation
Hall - MPs used by caps to disguise econ probs & remain in control - 1970s crisis in hegemony - but dif to uncover evi of police, gov & media collusion
Fawbert - evidently thro analy of media coverage of banning hoddies from 2005 in Blue Water Shopping Centre bc of media cov of MP
