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Media Flashcards

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Who says news is manufactured?

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Young/Cohen

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Felson

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Age fallacy: The news presents criminals and victims as older and middle class
Dramatic fallacy: Crime is overexaggerated and extraordinary crimes are overplayed
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Name four news values

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Dramatisation, risk, immediacy, and personalisation

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Surette

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Outlined the “law of opposites whereby fiction and the news presents the opposite view to official statistics

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Gerbner

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Heavy users of TV (more than 4 hours a day) have a higher fear of crime

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Sparks

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Individuals can uncover the meanings behind the news

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Wall

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Outlined cyber crimes such as cyber-trespass and cyber-violence

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Young

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Discussed “news values”

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