Media Representation of Crime

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  • Media Representation of Crime
    • Moral Panic
      • A fear spread through many that some evil threatens society.
      • The process of arousing social concern over an issue that is the work of moral entrepreneurs   and media.
      • Studies show that constant terror attack convosations inspires attacks to happen creating more awareness
      • Mods and Rockers in the 1960s
        • A mass group fight in Brighton was overreported causing a panic in the UK and more mods and rocker fight.
      • Anti social behaviour policy, community safety policy, street crime maps, sex offender disclosure, football banning orders
    • Stereotyping Criminals
      • Stereotype of young black, working class, males as in gangs or involved with drugs. In Top boy.
        • May follow negative or positive actions or ideals
          • influences young people who identify with the stereotyped people to behave or strive to be like them
            • Stereotyping Criminals
              • Stereotype of young black, working class, males as in gangs or involved with drugs. In Top boy.
                • May follow negative or positive actions or ideals
                  • influences young people who identify with the stereotyped people to behave or strive to be like them
                • an unfair belief that people hold about certain people or things with specific characteristics
        • an unfair belief that people hold about certain people or things with specific characteristics
      • Changing public concerns and attitudes
        • Social concern changes over time so the government changes its response to criminality

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