Media

Forms of Crime Reporting Media

Social media, news, films, documentary, police conferences, TV shows, magazines, radio and podcasts

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What does the Media do to Crime Stories?

Sensationalise
Bold titles
Misleading headlines
Promotion of unfair stereotypes
Scaremonger

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Headlines The Gaurdian (Left-center)

'Blood, death and toy cars: how the Mexican Weegee makes sense of a violent world'

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Headlines The Sun (Right)

'1,200 killed by mental patients'
'1 in 5 Brit Muslims have sympathy for jihadis'

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Headlines The Express (Right)

'War zones on our streets'

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Who owns The Sun, Times, Daily Mail and Telegraph?

Right-wing elites

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Who owns The Mirror and Guardian?

A company
A non-profit charity

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Tim Newburn (2007)

1950s = crime accounted for 10% of TV
2000s = crime accounted for 25% of TV

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Why do TV Produce Crime TV Shows?

To entertain with the excuse of raising awareness or to inform

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Films that Impact View on Crime

The Wolf of Wall Street

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Films that Glamourise Crime and Violence

Hustlers

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Films with a Strong Moral Story

Run Baby Run

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Films that Educate and Document

Joker

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Electronic Gaming

Many games deal with crime in some fashion, with many games glamourising crime or tyring to give a moral message

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Examples of Electronic Gaming

Grand Theft Auto
Call of Duty

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What Happens with Crime in Electronic Gaming?

Allow you to control the character even giving rewards when a crime is committed

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Electronic Gaming Does not Cause Crime

James Ivory a professor and researcher at Virginia Tech

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Music

Stereotypically urban music is considered to have the most crime lyrics however pop and heavy metal songs have dealt with crime too

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Norwegian Black Metal Scene

Blamed for a series of arsons

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Richard Ramirez

Blamed AC/DC's song 'Night Prowler'
'I'm the night prowler, make a mess of you'
'I slip into your room'

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Marilyn Manson

Blamed for the Columbine school shooting
'Murder-cute happy, happy, happy-**** killer'
Named after Charles Manson

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Music Glamourising Violence

Linked to a long history of moral panic

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Drill Music

Blamed for catalysing crime
Ignores more complex issues like poverty
Expletive language, discussion of crime and arists linked to crime/gangs

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Drill Music Lyrics

'Skeng in my pocket'
'On your block with 4 man, 3 shanks, and one man's holding a gun'
'We're known for stabbings'
Hold shells to the face, shoot my gun, leave blows in the place'

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Social Media

Personalsied feeds based on algorithims show people the news stories they are interested in, most of which are very gruesome

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Police and Social Media

Find information
Give out information
Communication via direct messaging

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Direct Messaging

Used to plan or commit crime
Drug dealing
Revenge por

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Infromation

Helps to raise awareness
#blackouttuesday

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Mis-information

2016 US election Hilary Clinton was involved in a ********** cover-up

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Emarsys 2019

2019 = 3.5 billion social media users worldwide, making up 45% of the population

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Digibable

Information uploaded by people who are not qualified or may not believe what they are saying
Lack expertise
Present opinion as fact

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Performance Crimes

Terrorist videos and website reach multiple audiences

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Example of Performance Crimes

2013 = 16-year-old boy in Ottawa, Canada was arrested for making bomb threats to schools across North America
Bragged about it on Twitter until the police came to his door

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Media and People's Opinion on Crime

Afraid and fascinated
Spectable in Postmodern society
Amplify deviance, moral panic and selective in crime/victim/offender
Perception comes from the media

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Left Realists

A real fear of crime by ordinary people which is to a large extent shaped by the media

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Deviancy Amplification

Leslie Wilkins
1964

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What is Deviancy Amplification?

Agencies like police and the media can increase deviance
Minor or rare problem can appear serious and common motivating people to keep informed of events
Potentially increasing deviant behaviour by glamourising it or making it seem common or accpetable

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Moral Panic

Stanley Cohen
1970

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What is Moral Panic?

False or exaggerated idea that some group's behaviour is deviant and is a menace to society

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What is a Folk Devil?

The villianised group as mods and rockers in the 60s

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Mods and Rockers

Not featured in the news until an affray in Clacton caused them to become front page news as they became 'folk devils' and a moral panic about young people in general was caused

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Symbolic Shorthand

Icons of the troublemaker
Symbolism -> exaggeration -> prediction (of further trouble)

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Media as 'moral crusaders'

Construct a moral panic
Embark on a 'moral crusade' against folk devils
Swell public opinion
Authorities embark upon a 'moral clampdown'

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Police Efficiency Fallacy

Cops always get the perpetrator
Most crimes actually go unsolved
Criminal Minds

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Smith, Taylor, and Elkin (2013)

Less than a quarter of bulgaries lead to the charging of an offender

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Dramatic Fallacy

Focus on murder and ****
Scott and Bailey

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Felton 2013-14

Murder and **** are rare and often as a result of quarrels or fighting

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Ingenuity Fallacy

Criminals plan their crime and are vey clever
Most crimes are opportunitistic
Impulsive
Rarely taking more than a minute to commit a crime
Luther

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Age Fallacy

All crime groups are involved in crime
Criminality peaks between 14-25
After 25 steep drop in criminal activity (ONS)
King Of Thieves

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Gender Fallacy

Men are more likely to be criminals whereas women are more likely to be victimes
Brooklyn Nine Nine

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Marsh 'Sociology in Focus: Crime 1986

'in areas where females have similar opportunities to men they appear as likely to break laws. Female crimes are petty, non-violent and are rarely dramatized or reported'

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