Week Twenty Four - Content Analysis

Question 1

Content analysis…

Answer 1

45-70% of quality newspaper and radio content about deviancy and control (Ericson et al, 1987)

A focus on what is ‘out of place’

Coverage of crime in Mirror and Times increased from 2-3% in 1945-51 to 6-9% in 1985-1991 (Reiner et al, 2000)

Police success in clearing up crimes is exaggerated (Roshier, 1973) – police as story source in many cases

News stories exaggerate rick of victimization for some groups(Greer, 2003)
All media exaggerate extent of violence.
Disparity between 46% of crime news about violent and sexual crime vs. 3% of police recorded crime (Ditton and Duffy, 1983)