media

Question 1

Dickinsons

Answer 1

British papers devote 30% of their news space to crime

Question 2

Duffy

Answer 2

46% reports made by the media were on sexual and violent crime, bur they only made up 3% of recorded crime

Question 3

stan cohen & young

Answer 3

news is not discovered its manufactured

Question 4

stoothill & wallaby

Answer 4

rape news is high, harsh language such as ‘beast’ and ‘sex fiend’ to create distorted image of rapists
-this is not an accurate picture making rapists harder to find

Question 5

galting and ruges

Answer 5

news values
1.immediacy
2.dramatisation
3.elite person
4.personalisation
5. simplification
6.risk
7.violence
8.novelty

Question 6

a02 media causes crime
bandura

Answer 6

copycat violence
bobo doll
what we watch via media affects behaiviour

Question 7

Gerbner

Answer 7

in USA those who watched 4hrs + of TV a day had higher levels of fear of crime

Question 8

Greer and reiner

Answer 8

viewers have different views on media violence
ie. cartoon violence vs news violence

Question 9

jock young & Hayward

Answer 9

media turns crime into commodity that ppl desire rather than the goods
- not just want the item but the way its presented (behaviour)
-ie. perfume ads

Question 10

stan cohen, MP examples

Answer 10

moral panics
-exctesee
-mods and ‘wreckers’
-Leah betts