media and crime Flashcards
what does the media over represent
violent and sexual crimes
46% on media vs 3% real life
police success
what is the age fallacy
media presents criminals as older and under false reasoning
what are examples of news values - pick 3
- dramatisation
- high status
- risk
- novel
- violence
- simplification
mandel on fictional rep of crime
rise in crime thrillers is making ppl more aware of crime and knowledge - but it is inaccurate
how does banduras bobo doll study relate to media
correlation between media presenting crime and the rise in crime
- rap music and scary films said to encourage
- pp; see it and copy
who said those that watch crime 4+ hours a day have a higher fear of crime
Gerbner
how can media and relative dep be linked
advertisements etc make ppl want these things that they cannot have legitimately
who says there is now a blurred image of fictional and non fictional crime and what is an example of this
Hayward and Young - Lisa George verbally abused for the character she played
marxists on media and crime
wc crimes over reported and mc under
- sexual and violent crimes to distract from serious mc crimes
feminists on media and crime
- under report violence against women (dv) and reinforces oppression
- crimes against women are taken as entertainment (sex crimes etc romantisised)
func on media and crime
reporting crimes maintains social solidarity
- crimes in media tend to be on what ppl are most concerned about and create demand which media meets
- media reports in diff ways so cannot be dominated
what man owns / controls a huge portion of media outlets
Rupert Murdock
Baudrillard on media (what theory)
media creates reality - ppl have no understanding of crime other than what they experience thru mass media
post modernist
explain the commodification of crime
corporations and advertisers use media images of crime to sell products
- eg, gangsetr rap show images of street hustler criminality
- romantic, cool and exciting
explain the mods and rockers study
cohens study
- medias response to disturbances between wc teenagers at seaside resort towns in 60s
mods - smart dress rode scooters
rockers - leather jackets and motorbikes
scuffles, violence and beach huts wrecked but relatively minor disorder
- media exaggerated and distorted event - ‘day of terror’
- they predicted further conflict would ensue and the symbols of mods and rockers were negatively labelled and associated with deviance
- produced further marginalisation etc
