Media and crime Flashcards
Media and crime- Cohen?
Moral panic of mods and rockers by media
Became folk devils creating readers to over report to police
Moral panic led to deviance amplification as people want to join in
Media and crime- Hall?
Moral panic of black muggers
Occurred during the miners strike during a crisis of capitalism to gain capitalist power back they labeled young black men as miners creating a moral panic justifying repressive policing as people wanted to solve issues
Creating a divide in w/c racial grounds gaining cap power back
Media representations of crime?
-30-70% of news is devoted to crime but can be distorted
-Overrepresentation if violent and sexual crime even though make up 3% of crime
-Media coverage exaggerates police success
-Exaggerates chances of victimisation
-Crime is reported as a series of separate events vs underlying cause
Felsons fallacy’s?
-Age fallacy- media portrays criminals as older
-Media overplay unusual crime
Dramatic fallacy
-Criminals and those who solve it are seen as clever and daring the ‘ingenuity fallacy’
Why has the media changed its crime focus since 1960’s?
Used to focus on murder and petty crime but due to abolition of death penalty and rising crime rates it has to be special to raise attention
Now focus on moral panics
How does coverage of rape distort the true nature of crime?
Focuses on attacker being a stranger when in reality its most likely to be a partner and people we know
CRITIC- feminists say we have to address patriarchy and misogyny, cant just blame individuals
What are news values?
The criteria by which journalists and editors decide weathers story’s are newsworthy to make it to news (gatekeepers decide)
Examples of news values?
Novelty’s (unusual crimes)
Immediacy (breaking news)
Dramatisation (exciting)
Personal interest (individuals)
Higher status (celebrity)
Simplification (good vs evil)
Risk (fear and moral panic)
Violence
Surette- fictional criminals?
Fictional crimes follow law of opposites
-Property crime underrepresented
-Real life homicides are built from disputes and brawls rather than calculated greed
-Fictional sex crimes committed by psychopathic strangers rather than acquaintances
-Fictional villains are m/c high status white males
-Fictional law enforcement usually get the criminal
Media cause of crime- desensitisation?
Violence images no longer shock consumers as they’ve been exposed to the all their lives, images have become more violent to scare audiences
Leads to more crime as people believe crimes normal and partake as they believe its acceptable?
Media cause of crime- desensitisation evaluation?
Hyper dermic syringe- injected messages by the media
Not everyone that watches the news kill people
Humans can distinguish between right and wrong
Media cause of crime- Imition?
If you see violence and take this onboard your more likely to commit violent acts (video nasty’s)
James Bulgers killers watched chucky before murders
Media cause of crime- imitation eval?
Reductionist ignoring social causes
Media cause of crime- Knowledge?
Getting knowledge about how to get away with crime
Giving criminals knowledge about how to commit e.g. forensic evidence and gun powder residue
Media cause of crime- knowledge eval?
Can be a deterrent
most series show criminals getting caught
Maintains boundaries
Media cause of crime- Arousal and Glamorising crime?
FENWICK AND HAYWARD-
Crime packaged and marketed to young people as a romanticised experienced, cool and fashionable
e.g. heroin chic- models dressed as drug addicts
and coco cola ad with graffiti in background
Media cause of crime- arousal critic?
Deterministic
Media cause of crime- Capitalist values?
Deviance portrayed in media on the side of wealthy criminals e.g. white collar
e.g. wolf of wall street
Media cause of crime- capitalist evaluation?
Doesn’t show realties’ of crime
Media cause of crime- Cyber crime?
Jewekes- identifies category’s of crime created by internet
-Cyber trespassing
-Cyber deception
-Cyber pron
-Cyber violence
-Global cyber crime
Media cause of crime- cyber crime eval?
Provisions in place to prevent this e.g. digital footprint
Media cause of crime- fear of crime?
Schlesinger and Tumbler-
The more tv people watch the higher the fear of becoming a victim of crime
more fearful= more crime (bring knife out with you)
Media cause of crime- fear of crime eval?
No correlation/cause and effect
may be scared so watch more tv to help not be a victim of crime
Theories of crime- functionalist?
Value consensus and boundary definition
