SOC 2070 Lecture 6: 2070Oct14th
10 Mar 2017
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> our primary channel representation vs. reality what the media says about crime vs. what has actually happened, almost like a complete different crime. What social and organizational factors impact how deviance is constructed? social and organizational factors. Powerful people (cid:523)(cid:498)bigger they are the harder they fall(cid:499)(cid:524) Dramatic content (cid:523)(cid:498)infotainment(cid:499)-push for dramatic content is budgets to stay in business (has to be able to sell) Newsworthiness what will sell? so strong) all of these things: partially determines what claims are head and in what form. Simplicity (easy to read/understand in short period of time) Losing ability to talk about more complicated topics. Press releases and (cid:498)the news wire(cid:499) vs. investigative reports. Constructing deviance: (cid:498)alternative(cid:499) media (cid:498)citizen journalists(cid:499) as claim-makers.
