Media & Crime

• What does the hypodermic syringe model suggest about media influence?

  Audience receives media messages passively
• What historical context influenced the hypodermic syringe model?

  Studies of Nazi propaganda in Germany
• What evidence supports the hypodermic syringe model?

  Media's influence on children's violent behavior
• What was the classic psychological study related to media influence?

  Bandura's Bobo Doll experiment
• What did Bandura's Bobo Doll experiment demonstrate?

  Violence is learned behavior from media
• How might children exposed to violent media behave?

  They might imitate violent actions in real life
• What was the case of Jamie Bulger related to media influence?

  He was murdered by boys after watching horror films
• What was the significance of the Columbine High School massacre in media discussions?

  It sparked debate about media's violent influence
• What is the suggestion about media violence and desensitization?

  It may lead to less shock and more violence
• What are the arguments regarding media influence on crime?

  • Media might influence some violent crimes
  • Thousands watch without committing violence
  • Media cannot be the sole cause of crimes
• How do some argue media sensitizes rather than desensitizes people?

  Seeing consequences makes people less violent
• What do pluralist and post-modern sociologists argue about audiences?

  Audiences are more active than the model suggests
• What criticisms exist regarding Bandura's study methodology?

  Children may have just learned to play with the doll
• What is the concept of deviancy amplification in media?

  • Media amplifies crime through labelling
  • Creates folk devils and moral panics
  • Example: 2011 riots influenced by media coverage
• How did media coverage affect the 2011 riots?

  It amplified the events and encouraged participation
• What is the critique of media's role in encouraging crime?

  It doesn't make law-abiding citizens deviant
• What was a common trait among the rioters processed in 2011?

  Most had previous convictions
• What does the media "advertise" in terms of behavior?

  Particular forms of deviant behavior