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7.2 The media as a cause of crime
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How does the fashion industry used images of the forbidden to sell products?
Names like
opium
/
poison
What did
Fenwick
&
Hayward
say about crime becoming a style to be consumed?
Images of
crime
are used to
sell
products
Crime is packaged & marketed to
young
people as
romantic
, exciting & cool
How does
Young
(Cultural criminologist) see society as 'media-saturated'?
There's a
blur
between the
image
&
reality
of
crime
so the two are no longer clearly
distinct
What does cultural criminology say about media?
Rather than simply producing
crime
in their audiences, the media
encourage
them to
consume
crime
How does relative deprivation link to Merton?
He argues that pressures to
conform
to the
norm
can cause
deviant
behaviour
when the
legitimate
opportunity is blocked to get these materialistic goods
What do left realists like
Lea
&
Young
suggest media increases?
Feelings of
relative
deprivation
What did
Greer
&
Reiner
say to criticise media causing fear of crime?
Ignores
meanings
viewers give to media violence
Interpretivist view that if we want to understand media
effects
we must look at the meanings people give to what they see
How do these correlations not prove that media watching causes fear of crime?
It may be that those who are
already
afraid
of going out at
night
watch more
TV
because they
stay
in more
What did
Gerbner
et al find about fear of crime?
They found that
heavy
users of television (
4+
hours a day) had
higher
levels of
fear
of crime
What did
Livingstone
suggest about why people are concerned about the effects of media on children?
People are preoccupied with the effects of
media
on
children
because society regards
childhood
as
innocent
How has media been blamed for crime over the years? (2)
20s
&
30s
,
cinema
was blamed for corrupting youth
Now,
rap
lyrics &
computer
games
like
GTA
have been blamed for encouraging
violence
& criminality
What 4 ways may media cause crime & deviance?
Imitation
, providing deviant role models
Desensitisation
, through repeated viewing of violence
Stimulating desires for
unaffordable
goods,
advertising
Transmitting
knowledge of criminal
techniques