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crime + media - Coggle Diagram
crime + media
media content + crime
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offenders in media
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nature of the victim is important - children, women, and famous people got the most coverage (links to news values)
newburn = content can be misleading - disproportionately feature higher status and older offenders (most offenders are young)
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other effects
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media causes fear in crime, especially those who are more likely to read on it
moral panics
deviancy amplification - by which deviance becomes more frequent as of a result of being discovered or labelled as deviant
cohen = studied two groups, 'mods + rockers' and how media create these groups into 'folk devils'
due to coverage, violence was created which confirmed their labels
main 'folk devils' - paedophiles, antisocial youths, knife crime
jewkes = the pervasiveness of crime creates a climate of widespread consensus, e.g. emphasis on law and order, acceptance of high surveillance levels
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positive effects
coverage can help solve crimes, through programmes such as crimewatch
alerting public to dangers of different types of crime, such as identity theft (allowing them to take precautions)
more awareness can put pressure on the government or police to take action, e.g. domestic violence