-media causes a sense of relative deprivation, as it can make people feel as if they are going without: creating false needs
-this can be linked to strain theory
-impressionable children or teens may imitate violent, immoral or anti-social behaviour: the
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Mass media - causes of crime (2)
Gerbner et al found that heavy users of television had increased fear of crime. However, existence of such correlations doesn't prove that media viewing causes fear. Thousands of studies have found that actually exposure to media violence has only a limit
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Mass media - news values
Proximity: closer to the UK = more news coverage
High status people: celebrities/powerful people = more newsworthy
Risk = presented as serious/unpredictable = more news coverage (Jamie Bulger)
Age: young children as offenders or victims: more newsworthy
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Mass media (3)
-Greer (2003) found that news reports exaggerate risk of falling victims to crime
-Greer (2005) found that all media tend to exaggerate the extent of violent crime. In particular, tabloid newspapers seek to exploit and sensationalise criminal/deviant acts
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New types of crime
Wall identifies 4 types of cyber crime: cyber trespass (hacking & sabotage), cyber-deception (identity theft, 'phishing', etc.), cyber-***********, and cyber violence (cyber stalking, hate crimes, etc.)
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Positives of crime
-can help solve crimes or locate suspects (e.g crimewatch and Facebook)
-can alert people to the dangers of specific crimes
-media campaigns an prompt government action (Grenfell)
-Functionalists would agree that media can be positive
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Mass media - causes of crime (2)
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Gerbner et al found that heavy users of television had increased fear of crime. However, existence of such correlations doesn't prove that media viewing causes fear. Thousands of studies have found that actually exposure to media violence has only a limit
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