Media Representations of Crime 2
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- Created on: 06-10-20 12:16
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- Media Representations of Crime 2
- Fictional Representations of Crime
- Mandel (1984) found 25% of TV shows and 20% of films fell under the crime genre
- Surette (1998) argues that fictional representations of crime follow the 'law of opposites' as they construct a backwards version of reality and are similar to news coverage
- They are similar to news coverageas:
- Property crime is under represented, while violence, drugs and sex crimes are over represented
- While real life murders mainly results from brawls and domestic disputes, fictional ones are the product of greed and calculation
- Fictional sex crimes are committed by psychopathic strangers, rather than acquaintances
- Fictional villains tend to be higher status, middle ages white males
- Fictional cops usually get their man
- They are similar to news coverageas:
- Evaluation of Media Representations of Crimes
- Weaknesses
- Recent trends in fictional representations of crime do not follow the 'law of opposites'
- For example, the new genre of reality infotrainment shows such as cops tend to feature young, non-white 'underclass' offenders
- There are also shows which portray police as corrupt and brutal rather than successful, such as line of duty which shows many occurances of police corruption
- For example, the new genre of reality infotrainment shows such as cops tend to feature young, non-white 'underclass' offenders
- Recent trends in fictional representations of crime do not follow the 'law of opposites'
- Strengths
- Plenty of evidence to support claims that fictional representations of crime follow the 'law of opposites'
- For example, police TV shows focus usually on violent crimes, just like the media
- Plenty of evidence to support claims that fictional representations of crime follow the 'law of opposites'
- Weaknesses
- Fictional Representations of Crime
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