Media and crime

Question 1

marxist point

Answer 1

media ignore the crimes othe powerful whilst focusing on crimes of the working-class.

Question 2

marxist evidence

Answer 2

Reiman

Question 3

marxist analysis

Answer 3

Minkes

Question 4

marxist evaluation

Answer 4

Lasswell

Question 5

black neo-marxist point

Answer 5

myth of black criminality created as a moral panic to develop false consciousness amongst the working-class

Question 6

black neo-marxist evidence and analysis

Answer 6

Hall et al

Question 7

black neo-marxist evaluation

Answer 7

Cushion
- over a 16 week period
- found nearly 70% of stories were related to crime, especially violent gang crime by young black men
- shows ethnic minorities are blamed for their own problems

Question 8

interactionist point

Answer 8

media creates moral panics about certain behaviours to expand the power of agencies of social control and label oppressed social groups as criminally deviant

Question 9

interactionist evidence

Answer 9

Becker

Question 10

interactionist analysis

Answer 10

Cohen

Question 11

interactionist evaluation

Answer 11

Harper and Hogue
- UK sex offenses made up 20% of all crime reported by media
- only 2% of all crimes were sex offences
- if media represented crimes equally, this would make up 2% of news stories
- shows that the media may disproportionally focus on certain stories, but this does not lead to more crime.