SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Media Consumption, Fake News, New Media
1 Jun 2018
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Violence on TV
• Prime time TV
o 8-10 pm
o Violent shows
• Social learning theory for kids
o See a lot of violence before the age of 10
Correlations, Not Causations
• Violent video games have no impact on some individuals
• One form of media blaming another form of media
• Post-hoc fallacy
o First event is seen as the cause of the second
Deviancy Amplification
• Easterhouse gang
o Housing estate
o Gang of youth
o Toughest gang
▪ Other gangs too this label as a challenge
• Involved in more crime and violence
• Something different is often seen as being bad
• Media focuses on negative behaviour > deviance intensified > labelling/confrontation of label
• Media focuses on a negative factor
o Trench coats
o Hooded sweaters
Media and Fear of Crime
• Correlation between amount of TV people watch and their fear of victimization
• A lot of TV is violent
• Increased fear of crime and our own perception of risk
• Constrain social behaviour
• The more tv keeps us in because of fear increases the amount of tv being watched
• People who think things are out of their control are more likely to stay in and watch TV
Newsworthiness
• If it leeds, it leads
o Goryer it is the closer to the front page it will be
• Informal rules of relevancy
o Visible and spectacular
▪ Higher death count, more police, pictures, things people see
o Physical or sexual violence
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Document Summary
Violence on tv: prime time tv, 8-10 pm, violent shows, social learning theory for kids, see a lot of violence before the age of 10. Correlations, not causations: violent video games have no impact on some individuals, one form of media blaming another form of media, post-hoc fallacy, first event is seen as the cause of the second. Deviancy amplification: easterhouse gang, housing estate, gang of youth, toughest gang, other gangs too this label as a challenge. Involved in more crime and violence: something different is often seen as being bad, media focuses on negative behaviour > deviance intensified > labelling/confrontation of label, media focuses on a negative factor, trench coats, hooded sweaters. Newsworthiness (cid:862)if it (cid:271)leeds, it leads(cid:863: goryer it is the closer to the front page it will be. Lisa and baccaglini (1990): fear of crime and news coverage. It"s co(cid:373)i(cid:374)g, it"s here: crime is coming, and we should be fearful, crime and violence happens in our cities.
