Representation and Dramatisation of crime Flashcards
What attracts people to crime?
Contemporary media interests in crime and justice is a modern phenomenon.
How is media saturating today’s society?
- hyperactive media
- mass media is the largest influence in societal institutions due to accelerating and interpreting events to quickly moves ideas, images and information.
what is infotainment?
The marketing of edited, highly formatted information about the world of entertainment as a significant area of contemporary crime and justice.
How does media blur the lines of facts and fiction?
Social construction of media makes fictional events become ‘real’ and real events ‘didn’t happen’.
Policy determines how we react, operate and responde to crime but is overlooked by the public in favour of more visible media.
Why are some policies favoured in the media over others?
Criminal justice policy is a commodity governed by what is newsworthy and saleable via the media.
What is the first of the five realities of 21st century media, crime and justice.
Mass media is an electronic, visually dominated media.
What is the second of the five realities of 21st century media, crime and justice.
The media has evolved towards making mediated experiences indistinguishable from actual experience (social media)
What is the third of the five realities of 21st century media, crime and justice.
The media must be understood as a collection of for-profit business - no news in newspapers due to wanting to make profit. Advertising gains the most profit. Providing information is a secondary concern.
What is the fourth of the five realities of 21st century media, crime and justice?
Media businesses exist within a highly competitive environment - staying is to date is vital
What is the fifth out of the five realities of 21st century media, crime and justice?
The relationship between media and the government is largely a ‘hands-off’ one.
