Postmodernists on C&D: Impact of the media on our view on C&D - Media Coverage Flashcards
According to Postmodernists, what do the media influence with their reporting on C&D?
Fears over crime and deviance
What did Kidd-Hewitt and Osborne say?
Crime and Deviance are ‘media staples’ used to encourage people to buy the news
How do consumers of the media feel about crime?
They are fearful of it, but also fascinated
How would the Twin Towers apply to people being fearful and fascinated?
People were fearful of the terrorism but fascinated with the scale of the event
Give another example of a criminal event that people were fearful of and fascinated by in 2017
Grenfell Tower
What type of society does Beck say we live in?
A ‘risk society’
What does Beck say has caused the formation of a ‘risk society’?
Globalisation
How do the media often present criminal behaviour to the public?
As a threat
Name 2 types of crimes reported on that would create fear in the public
Murder, Kidnapping
