media and crime Flashcards
1
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Ditton and duffy
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46% of news was violent crime or sex but these make up 4% of crime
2
Q
Felson
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Media show victims and offender as older and more w/c. Causes age fallacy.
Media also overplay extraordinary crimes, for a ‘dramatic fallacy’
3
Q
Cohen and young
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News is not discovered it is manufactured
4
Q
Gerbner et al
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heavy users of media (5hrs+) have more fear of crime
5
Q
Greer and reiner
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fear of crime assumption ignores meanings we attach
6
Q
Lea and young
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Mass media increase sense of relative deprivation
7
Q
Mcrobbie and Thornton
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Moral panics are routine and have less of an effect
