Media representations of crime LT11

Question 1

What distortions has the media causes ?

Answer 1

. over representation of violent and sexual crime
. exaggerates risk of victimisation
. exaggerates police success

Question 2

Whta has the rise in the media caused for crime ?

Answer 2

Opens new possibility for crime
E.g. cyber stalking and phone hacking

Question 3

Belson

Answer 3

Found that boys who had witnessed a lot of TV violence committed around 49% more violent acts than control group

Question 4

Banduara

Answer 4

Bobo doll experiment

Question 5

How has the media increased fear?

Answer 5

Exaggerates the risks for certain groups
E.g. Missing white women syndrome

Question 6

What do left realists argue about the media in crime

Answer 6

media advertising has increased a sense of relative deprivation amongst marginalised groups

Question 7

Merton

Answer 7

Pressure to conform to the norms set by media has thus promoted crime

Question 8

Fenwick and Hayward

Answer 8

Crime has become a commodity which is being used by corporations to sell products

Question 9

Cohen: moral panic and devil folk

Answer 9

The media identified a group as a devil folk and this representation can create deviancy amplification

Question 10

Wall

Answer 10

argues the internet has created new opportunities for crime
. Cyber theft
. Cyber porn
. Cyber violence