The Media and Crime (AQA A-Level Sociology): Flashcards
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How do sociologists view news reporting?
How do sociologists view news reporting?
Socially constructed, not objective
News values definition
News values definition
Criteria journalists use to decide if story is newsworthy
News value explaining high crime coverage
News value explaining high crime coverage
Negativity attracts audiences - bad news sells
What distorted crime coverage creates
What distorted crime coverage creates
Fear of crime, especially in vulnerable groups
Felson's age fallacy
Felson's age fallacy
Media suggests all ages involved; young people actually dominate
Felson's class fallacy
Felson's class fallacy
Middle-class shown as victims; working-class areas have more crime
Felson's efficiency fallacy
Felson's efficiency fallacy
Police shown as more effective than they actually are
Felson's dramatic fallacy
Felson's dramatic fallacy
Media emphasises violent & extraordinary crimes unrealistically
Hypodermic syringe model (HSM)
Hypodermic syringe model (HSM)
Direct correlation between media violence & real-life behaviour
Newson's desensitisation concept
Newson's desensitisation concept
Long exposure to violence makes people accept it as normal
Who developed moral panic theory (year)
Who developed moral panic theory (year)
S. Cohen (1972)
Deviancy amplification
Deviancy amplification
Media labelling escalates deviance through moral panic process
Folk devils
Folk devils
Groups demonised by media using symbolic language
When moral panics occur (Cohen)
When moral panics occur (Cohen)
During times of moral crisis & major social change
McRobbie & Thornton's view (1995)
McRobbie & Thornton's view (1995)
Moral panics harder to sustain with 24-hr news & active audiences