media and the cjs Flashcards
What are the structures and values that shape the crime news - newsworthiness (Jewkes, 2004)?
-Threshold
-Predictability
-Simplification
-Individualism
-Risk
-Sex
-Celebrity/high status
-Proximity
-Violence
-Graphic imagery
-Children
-Conservative ideology
Predictability
-Unpredictable makes it more likely to get media attention
Simplification
-Don’t want it to be too complicated or long otherwise readers will get bored
Individualism
-Personalising the story
-Relatable
Risk/Proximity
-Threat that it imposes to the public
-Geographical closeness
Threshold/Celebrity
-Makes it more exciting to read if it is someone of high status
Sex/Violence/Graphic imagery/Children
-Spices it up for the reader as it is viewed as a more ‘interesting’ crime to read about
Define what is meant by hyper mediatisation?
-Greer and McLaughlin (2010)
-Proliferation of news platforms
-Media deeply embedded in our lives
What are the symptoms of hyper mediatisation?
-Immediacy/Continuity = 24/7 news
-Interactive media = people agreeing that they’ve gone through the same things
-Intrusion/Sensationalisation = story is more relatable and feels more real/personalised
-Celebrification of society = make people ‘famous’ for committing a crime, get attention and popularity
What is the first stage of the deviancy amplification spiral?
-Group of people engage in deviant acts
-Not necessarily a crime
What is the second stage of the deviancy amplification spiral?
-Media then selectively report certain parts of what’s occurring based on the ‘news values’
What is the third stage of the deviancy amplification spiral?
-Story becomes popular
-Media then produce similar stories and will exaggerate them
-Distortion occurs due to stereotyping
What is the fourth stage of the deviancy amplification spiral?
-Moral panic occurs within the public about certain groups of people
-Want protection from crimes
-Politicians respond to demands
-Police respond to stricter criteria
What is the fifth stage of the deviancy amplification spiral?
-‘Folk devils’ occur
What is an example of the deviance amplification spiral?
-People who wear hoodies = more likely to commit crimes
Define what is meant by risk society
-Awareness of potential dangers to a specific group have overshadowed traditional matters
-Society organised based around the idea of risk
What does a risk society cause?
-Overrepresentation of crime
-Media sensationalising any crime that is occurring
How does fear of crime occur?
-Actual experiences and media representations
-Fear of crime > Actual crime levels
How is the view on crime disproportionalised?
-Excessive emphasis in media + media involvement of high profile crimes = distortion
What is the missing white woman syndrome?
-Sommers (2016)
-Virgin-Whore dichotomy
-Discounting allegations of rape made by women
-This is all based on stereotypes, myths and assumptions
What are the 4 major prejudices in crime coverage (Viano, 1992)?
-Geographic bias
-Socio-economic bias
-Racial bias
-Lack of cultural understanding
What is ignored by media?
-Victims
-White collar and corporate crimes
Why is hyper mediatisation creates new challenges to agencies?
-Harder to evade risks
-Strong scrutiny
-Populist punitiveness
-Public relations and image management
-Opportunity for collaboration
-Politicisation of criminal justice
