Mass media

Question 1

in functionalism?

Answer 1

• defines boundaries
  media informs us of consequences faced by criminals to make clear to rest of society whats acceptable and whats not

Question 2

in marxism?

Answer 2

• crime as manipulation of values
  capitalists control our perceptions through media
• invisability of white collar crime
  language used to describe corporate crime when reporting eg ‘accident’

Question 3

in labelling?

Answer 3

• contributes to labels
  moral entrepreneurs seek to outlow certain behaviours through moral crusage which creates moral panic
• Cohen mods and rockers
  medias reaction to disturbance between mods and rockers in way created moral panic. media overreated to minor disorder, exaggeration, prediction, symbolism. deviance amplification: media identitifies group as folk devils and exaggerates problem
• Hall mugging in British media
  served to distract attention from crisis of capitalism divide WC on racial grounds
• influences crime:
  imitations/copycat (movie), knowledge (crime shows), glamourising (heroin chic), cybercrime (scams), fear of crime (watching tv)

Question 4

in postmodernism ?

Answer 4

• risk society Beck
  we are now risk conscious, mass media made us aware of risk in society
  indivdualistic so only protect ourselves
  displaces crime and allows to grow bigger

Question 5

in globalisation?

Answer 5

• global cybercrime
  includes financial scams, computer hacking, virus attacks, stalking, identity thief
• international terrorism
  people recruited to extremist organisations and terrorists acts organised through social media

crimes introduced due to global society through media, access more info of others and target wider audience