media

• What are the four aspects of the relationship between the media and crime?

  Media representation, cause of crime, moral panics, cybercrime
• How does the media represent crime in the UK press according to Williams & Dickinson (1993)?


  30% of news space is devoted to crime
• What is the distorted image the media gives compared to official statistics?

  The media over-represents violent and sexual crime
• What does Felson's 'dramatic fallacy' refer to in media reporting of crime?


  Media overplays extraordinary crimes
• What does Felson's 'age fallacy' indicate about media portrayals of criminals and victims?


  They are portrayed as older and middle-class
• According to Cohen and Young (1973), how is news created?


  News is manufactured, not discovered
• What are the key news values influencing the selection of crime stories?

  Immediacy, dramatization, personalization, risk, violence
• What are the three recent trends in fictional representations of crime?

  • Reality shows depict young, non-white offenders
  • Increasing portrayal of corrupt police
  • Victims are central, police shown as avengers
• What concerns do sociologists have regarding the media's effect on crime?

  It negatively influences attitudes and behavior
• What are some ways the media may cause crime?

  Imitation, arousal, desensitization, knowledge transmission
• What is the impact of exposure to violence according to studies?

  It has a small negative effect on audiences
• How does the media exaggerate the fear of crime?

  By overstating violent crime risks to groups
• What did Schlesinger and Tumber find about media consumption and fear of crime?

  Tabloid readers express greater fear of crime
• How do marginalized groups experience relative deprivation due to media?

  They see unattainable images of wealth
• What do cultural criminologists argue about crime in late modern society?

  Crime is turned into a commodity to consume
• How does Merton's functionalism relate to media and crime?

  Media promotes goals that can cause deviance
• What is a moral panic?

  An exaggerated reaction to a perceived problem
• What are the three elements of media over-reaction in moral panics?

  Exaggeration, prediction, symbolism
• How does the media create a deviance amplification spiral?

  By portraying problems as getting out of hand
• What role does the media play in defining moral panic situations?

  It shapes public perception and reaction
• How do functionalists view moral panics?

  As responses to anomie and social change
• What did Hall (1979) argue about moral panics over mugging?


  They distracted from the crisis of capitalism
• What did McRobbie and Thornton (1995) say about moral panics in late modern society?


  They are routine and have less impact
• How does Thomas and Loader (2000) define cybercrime?


  Illegal activities conducted through electronic networks
• What are the four categories of cybercrime identified by Wall (2001)?


  Cyber-trespass, cyber-deception, cyber-pornography, cyber-violence
• Why is policing cybercrime difficult?

  Due to the size and global nature of the internet
• How does ICT enhance police surveillance capabilities?

  Through digital databases and CCTV