Media and crime

Question 1

Postman

Answer 1

Media coverage of crime has become a mixture of entertainment and sensationalism - ‘infotainment’

Question 2

Surrete

Answer 2

The media portrays crime the opposite to reality e.g focuses on violent crime when most crime is property crime etc

Question 3

Functionalism

Answer 3

Different forms of media report crimes in different ways, is not a dominant ideology

The media helps keep social solidarity

Question 4

Marxism

Answer 4

The reporting of crime in the media reflects ruling class ideology
e.g crimes of the working class are over reported while crimes committed by the ruling class are under reported

Question 5

Feminism

Answer 5

Crime reporting reinforces the stereotyping and oppression of women

Women are portrayed as victims

Question 6

Interpervists

Answer 6

The media determines who are deviant and who are not
–> social construction

Question 7

Postmodernists

Answer 7

Media creates reality, people have no understanding of crime, only what they see in the media