What must sociologists question in terms of the Media and Crime?
Is the media representation of crime accurate, does the media cause crime or increase the fear of crime, what role does the media play in creating moral panics
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How much of the News space in Newspapers is devoted to crime?
30%
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How is Violence and Sexual Crime represented in the Media?
It's over represented- majority of media reports were about violent and sexual crimes but they only make up for 3% of all recorded crime
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How is Police success in clearing up cases presented?
It's over exaggerated, they're presented in good light as they're the source of many crime reports
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How does the Media present victimisation?
It exaggerate the risk of it especially to women, white people and higher status individuals
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What is crime presented as in the media?
A series of separate events rather than all linked to underlying causes e.g capitalism and poverty
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How is News constructed?
Socially meaning that what to include and exclude is chosen
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What criteria is used to determine whether a story is newsworthy enough?
News values
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What are 5 news values?
Immediacy, Dramatization, Personalisation, Unexpectedness and Violence
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What is Immediacy?
How recently its happened, more recent=more popular
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What is Dramatization?
If it's dramatic or unusual it's more likely to be talked about
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What is Personalisation?
Is there anyone in it who people are interested in e.g. royalty/celebrity
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What is Unexpectedness?
If its something new and alarming its more popular
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What is Violence?
If it's a violent crime it's more likely to be sensationalised and talked about
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What % of Prime time TV and Films are related to crime?
25% prime time 20% films
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What does this suggest?
That people are interested in crime and it shapes our understanding of crime
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What ways can the media cause crime?
Through imitation, desensitisation, transmitting knowledge of techniques and glamorising offending
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What group of people have higher levels of fear of crime?
Those who consume more media
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What do Left realists believe the media encourages?
Crime
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According to left realists how do the media encourage crime?
By portraying what a normal life should be like , increase the strain to anomie for those who are marginalised and poor causig them to commit crime
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What do Cultural criminologists believe the media turns crime into?
A commodity people desire
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Who encourages the initiation a moral panic?
Moral entrepreneurs who use the media to put pressure on authorities to do something
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What does the media presentation of the problem create?
A negative label and influences peoples reactions
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What does This create?
A moral panic which is an exaggerated over reaction by society
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What does this Moral panic lead to the creation of?
Folk devils
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What happens when police attempt to control the folk devils?
A deviancy amplification spiral, change in law and a self fulfilling prophecy
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What is the concept of the moral panic criticised for assuming?
That societal reaction is and over reaction (who decides what a proportionate reaction is)
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What issue is there with the concept of Moral Panics?
What tuns the amplifier on and off and why do they die down after a while
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What are the 4 categories of Cyber crime?
Cyber trespass (hacking) Cyber-deception(Identity theft and catfishing) Cyber-*********** (**** involving minors and other illegal activities) and Cyber Violence (hate, psychological harm)
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Why is it difficult to effectively police cyber crime?
Due the the sheer scale of the internet and the limited resources of the police
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What new technologies allow policing?
Routine surveillance, blocking sites and IP addresses
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
How much of the News space in Newspapers is devoted to crime?
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30%
Card 3
Front
How is Violence and Sexual Crime represented in the Media?
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Card 4
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How is Police success in clearing up cases presented?
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