CRIM 1650 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Marital Rape, Sexual Assault, Motor Vehicle Theft

• School: York University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 1650
• Professor: Danny O' Rourke- Dicarlo

Document Summary

Media doesn"t create ideological platform or orientation of crime and criminality. Rather it attracts audience that already believes in the ideology. Decades of research on the media and depiction of crime have generated 9 facts . A weak relationship between viewer of opposing views. Stronger relationship between viewer who comes into discussion with similar opinion. Uncritical police used as primary source for event. Editors decide what stories will be covered and which will not. Crime stories = 3rd largest category of stories for newspapers. Media highlights what is unique, sensational, extreme and those that have the potential to impact the greatest number of people (i. e. homicides by young adults, young men: makes people believe that there is a rise in crimes. Which do not: death of homeless individual vs. Media seems to ignore the common types of crimes that are more likely to affect individuals (i. e. auto theft or break&enter)