Crime and Media

name some statistics about the representations of crime in media (include sociologists)

-cricson et al in toronto found 45-71% of news was about deviance (+Williams+Dickinson found 30% for British news)
-media overrepresent sexual crimes ie Ditton+ Duffy that 46% of media is on v/s.c

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-media portrays criminals as older and victims as more mc, feels refers to this was the 'age fallacy'
-media exaggerates police success cuz they wanna be in good light
-media overplay extraordinary crimes and underplay-

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ordinary crimes, felson 'dynamic fallacy'
-media makes ppl believe you have to be daring+ smart to commit crime- felson, inequity fallacy

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why is the media said to be a social construction? and who found this

cuz it's distorted pic of crime, news is selected or rejected, this refers to the idea that news is manufactured
Cohen and Young

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what is meant by new values?

refers to the criteria journalists/editors check to see if a story is newsworthy or not

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what are key new values?

-immediacy- 'breaking news'
-dramatisation- 'action+excitement'
-personalisation- interest in stories about ppl
-higher-status- ppl+celebrities
-simplification- eliminating boring parts

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-novelty/unexpectedness- a new angle of news
-risk- victim centred storied about vulnerability/fear
-violence- esp visible acts m

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what are the fictional reports of crime and which sociologist found this?

Mandel found from 1945-1984 around 10bn thrillers were sold worldwide, 25% of tv was c shows/movies

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how are fictional representations opposite to acc c? give statistics/examples

-property c under represented, v, sex c, drugs o.r
-real-life homicides result from domestic dispute but fictional shows its a product of greed
-f c tends to be psychopaths and victims tend to be high status, white, etc

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what are the causes of media?

-imitation
-arousal- through viewing v/sexual imagery
-desensitisation
-transmitting knowledge of criminals
-fulfilling desires for materialistic goods

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-by portraying police as incompetent
-by glamourising offending

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where does fear of crime come from? which sociologists is associated with this and what did they find?

-exaggerating c + victims of c
-Gerbner et al found heavy users of tv had higher levels of fear of crime

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what dod interpretivists argue?

that as ppl can attach diff meanings to c in media, it may be interpreted diff and can increase fear of c

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which sociologist argue that media links to relative deprivations and crime, and how?
which sociologist argued it can link to goals as well?

-Lea+Young argue that through marganaliastion, r.d it can increase crime as media o.r a glamorous flashy lifestyle
-merton argued blocked goals can also create crime as media o.r the need to achieve 'wstrn'-

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-goals, even if its through illegal means

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what is the commodity of crime? and which sociologists talk about it?

Hayward+Young argue that for bus to see certain products they may encourage c alongside it due to media representations, ie graffiti is a crime but now can be brought by businesses, companies, etc to use

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how can the media cause moral panics?
give specific examples to how m.p can be made

the media can cause and overreaction of society causing m.p
-labelling ie Marijuana Tax Act in US, media labelled marijuana smoking as bad, even though it was legal

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whats the process that media drives m.p?

-media identify group threatening societal values
-media present group in negative way
-public respectables condemn groups behaviour
-leads to crackdown on the group, may create SFP/amplification spiral

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give one example of m.p from media

mods+rockers- Cohen

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what is meant by the wider context and which sociologist talks about this?

Cohen argues that context is needed, ie after war, youth would be the first to challenge the old gens, which occurred during a social change and created a boundary crisis, which functionalists would argue made society normless, failing to ensure collectiv

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name the criticisms of moral panics

-assumes societal reaction is the same all over
-what turns the amplifier on/off, why does only the media amplify problems into panic but not other factors
-due to late modernity there is less consensus on c/m.p

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what is a new crime ppl fear? which sociologists are associated with this?

cyber crime due to how much tech has advanced
Jewqkes says that internet access to diff countries allows criminals to commit c such as fraud w new tools

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what are 5 categories of crime and who identified these categories?

Wall;
1. cyber-trespass - cyber property ie hacking
2. cyber deception theft- identity theft, 'phishing'
3. cyber ***********- c.p, or **** for children to access online

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-4. cyber-violence- psychological ie cyber stalking ,threatening messages, bullying, etc
5.global cyber-crime- policing c.c is hard as its so globalised, also hard to prosecute as its online (-but theres police ICT for surveillance+control)

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