Crime and the Media 0.0 / 5 ? SociologyCrime and devianceA2/A-levelAQA Created by: Abbie BroadbentCreated on: 07-04-15 12:02 5732164 Across 1. 1945-84: over 10 million crime thrillers were sold worldwide, whilst 25% of prime time TV and 20% of films are crime shows or movies. (6) 4. Moral panics are now routine and have less impact. In late modern society there is little consensus about what is deviant. (8, 3, 8) 7. News is not discovered but manufactured. (5, 3, 5) Down 2. Heavy users of TV (over four hours a day) had higher levels of fear of crime. (7, 2, 2) 3. 'Media effects' research ignores the meanings that viewers give to media violence e.g. they may give different meanings to violence in cartoons, horror films and news bulletins. (6) 5. Found a correlation between media consumption and fear of crime, tabloid readers and heavy users of TV expressed greater fear of becoming a victim, especially of physical attack (11, 3, 6) 6. Examined media response to mods and rockers - media produce inventory of what happened that contains 3 elements, exaggeration and distortion, prediction and symbolisation. Medias portrayal produced deviance amplification spiral. (5)
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