The Media

Question 1

Fictional Representation of Crime

Answer 1

3 recent trends:
- Reality shows tend to show young, non white underclass offenders
- There is an increasingly tendency to show police as corrupt and unsuccessful
- Victims have become more central. with police shown as avengers

Question 2

The Media as a cause of crime

Answer 2

The media has a negative effect on the attitudes, values and behaviour of those who are easily influenced (eg. young, lower-class and uneducated)
- Most recently, rap music and computer games have been criticised for encouraged violence and criminality