Media representations Flashcards
What do Ditton and Duffy argue?
Overrepresentation of violent and sexual crimes
46% of media reports were on these crimes which make up only 3% of crimes recorded by the police.
#MeToo movement covered many cases of sexual assault over a long period of time, over which many other types of crimes happened more frequently but didn’t make the news
Sexual and violent crime could be considered some of the worst crimes to be a victim of .
What do Marxists argue there is an overrepresentation of?
Criminals and victims as older and middle class
What does Felson argue? (Marxist)
Calls it an age of fallacy
Idea that the older you are the more knowledge you have to get away with committing a crime.
EG. Donald trump - middle class older man
Jimmy Carr -Tax invasion
Grenfell tower had huge coverage when the victims were working class
Most time is actually committed by working class people ages 15-20 according to official statistics.
What is argued about exaggeration of police success?
Police major source for crime stories
Want themselves to be presented in a good light
EG. southport stabbings
Arrest 23 and only charged 13 amongst thousands of people
Very celebrated for this
Media over represents violent crime which is far more likely to be solved than property crime, which hardly ever makes the news
What is an example that criticises the argument of media exaggeration of police success?
Mark Dugan
Was shot because he was seen as a threat to the police, media called the police out for this as they made a mistake
What is argued about the exaggeration of the risk of becoming a victim?
Women, white people and higher risk status people are shown to be more at risk.
When black minority ethnic groups are often most at risk of many crimes
During metro movement white high status women were at the centre of media coverage
Holly Willabe
Sarah evarade
Is it the readers fault for making the connection between reporting of crime and becoming a victim? Rather the media’s?
What do Young and Cohen argue about news worthiness?
News is not discovered but manufactured
Immediacy
Dramatisation
Personalisation
Higher status
Simplification
Novelty and unexpectedness
Risk
Violence
