Ditton and Duffy 46% of media reports were violet and sexual crimes although they only made up to 3% of crimes reported by the police
Soothill and Walby newspaper reporting of rape cases increased from under one quarter of all cases to over one third
Felson media reporting reinforces certain fallacies or falsehoods about crime. Age-impression that all age groups are involved. Class- mc are most likely to be victims. However, the is untrue, it is the poor. Ingenuity- criminals are clever, yet most crime is opportunistic. Police- more efficient than they actually are. Dramatic- focuses only on violent crimes, creating fear. Encourages fear especially among the elderly and women by over-focusing on crimes against them.
Morrison showed a range of violent clips to groups of women, men and war veterans. All thought it was humorous due to light hearted dialogue. However, a scene showing dv caused distress for all groups due to the realism of the setting, unfairness and child actors. He concluded that the context effects the impact
Cumberbatch reviewed over 3,500 studies on the relationship between the media and violence and failed to find one that proved the connection, none disproved either