SOCI 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Social Learning Theory, Barkan, Ladylike
12 Sep 2016
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The first book we need will be on electronic reserve within the next few days and is on the annex 4th floor. Lecture outline: crime and the media, crime as legal category, sociological definitions of crime (beirne and messerschmidt, 2000, hagan (1985): 7 approaches + pyramid approach. 1/3 of media deals with crime related information (law and. Order, csi, news, etc): amount of crime, types of crime: violence. Want to provide stories to maintain interest from the audience. Politicians are involved to get their name out and the belief: perceptions of crime shaped by media. The perceptions are different than the representation: crime myths: false beliefs about crime. Affects african american young men in the idea that they abuse drugs when in actuality it is white me whos stats are higher: media contributes to crime myths: Presenting data that are misleading (numbers vs. rates) Failing to provide the social and or historical context.
