CRIM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Moral Panic
12 Nov 2018
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The media: shaping our understanding of crime: deviance: any behaviour that deviates from what is expected from the society unexpected behaviour from the norm. Involves informal/formal punishments through social processes: crime: violations against formal prohibitions codified in law. Penalty = imprisonment or other punishments by state. Harm to society and threat to public order: back then based on beliefs and what influences you from what you see around you comics, newspapers, news, shows. Media affects have been altered due to the different views on the content. Positive: content is negotiated by active audiences cultural criminology. Assumes that the meaning of crime/what crime means is negotiated by audience for different meanings. Examines links between culture, crime, and crime control: we create an image of what an offender should look like physical appearance. The way they dress; clothing: media takes a crime story and puts its own twist on it to make it more interesting and pleasing to the viewers/readers.
