the media can cause crime

Question 1

what is the hypodermic syringe model

Answer 1

-media is like syringe
-media injects messages into the veins of its audiences
-audience seen as passive and uncritical
-supports the idea that people may go out and commit crimes bc they’ve seen it in the media

Question 2

how does the media create a demand for consumer goods leading to crime?

Answer 2

Hayward and young = advertisers have turned images of crime and deviance into tools for selling product e.g hip hop vids, comp games
- hoodies became a symbol of youth deviance

Question 3

how does watch watching violent things lead to people being violent

Answer 3

NEWSON= claimed that violent vids can cause violent actions e.g james burglar killing

Question 4

how is the james burglar case an example of the media’s influence

Answer 4

-killlers watched “child’s play 3”
- before abducting, torturing, murdering james
Merton = strain theory
Sewell = rap music