Crime and Deviance 6

What does Pearson argue?

Public is fearful and fascinated by crime and the media satisfies

Who came up with the fallacies?

Felson

What is age fallacy?

Media portrays that all ages commit when its mostly 16-24

What is class fallacy?

Media portrays that middle class are more likely to be victims when it is working class

What is ingenuity fallacy?

Media displays criminals as smarter than they are

What is police fallacy?

Displays that police are efficient

What is dramatic fallacy?

Media focuses on violent crimes

Who came up with news values?

Jewkes

What are news values?

12 things that should be included in news

Example of news values.

Drama

What are the ways that the media encourages crime?

• Imitation

• Transmitting knowledge

• Stimulating desires for unaffordable goods

• Portraying police as incompetent

• Glamourising offending

Example of imitation being encouraged.

COD

Example of transmitting knowledge of criminal techniques.

Crimewatch

Example of stimulating desires.

Kim K

Example of portraying police as incompetent.

Sarah Everard

Example of glamourising offending.

Mafia and gang culture

Who came up with the hypodermic syringe model?

Newsome

What is the hypodermic syringe model?

Media desensitises young people to violence

What is a criticism of hypodermic syringe model and who came up with it?

Morrison - Pulp Fiction and Ladybird Ladybird: context matters

What is the BOBO doll experiment?

Nursery children in 3 groups showed an adult punching the doll and they were either left alone, told off, or praised.

Who conducted the BOBO doll experiment?

Bandura

What is a criticism of the BOBO doll experiment?

Artificial environment - doll isn’t a person

What did Cumberbatch argue?

Reviewed over 3500 studies on the relationship between media and crime, failing to find proof of a link

What did Gerbner and Gross argue?

Media has created a fear of crime

What are folk devils and who created the term?

Cohen - people associated with moral panics

What moral panic did Cohen research?

Mods and Rockers

Who benefits from moral panics?

• Media

• Moral entrepreneurs - opportunity to speak on issues

• Police - makes them look good, more work

Who did the research on the hoodies moral panic and what was it?

Fawbert - when hoodies were banned at Bluewater and Tony Blair commented, sales and headlines increased

What is a criticism of moral panic?

Lea and Young - sometimes justified