SOC 1500 Lecture : Crime Lecture 3

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: J.Bruce Morton

Document Summary

Video: myth of the liberal media-the propaganda model of news edward. Herman and noam chomsky have developed a comprehensive framework for understanding how the news is produced and in whose interests it works. ownership very wealthy people who have relationships with other large corporations. advertising another type of filter, corporate censorship, sourcing (news makers) media rely on a steady stream of news, flak important when it comes from powerful sources, negative feedback, right wing companies, 3 kinds: pressure from the government, pressure from corporations, pressure from right wing corporations complaining. News media s coverage of crime & its consequences: Crime waves/moral panics idea that a particular crime that is gaining momentum and becoming a serious issue, can create a false impression. Over-reporting violent crime what s true and what isn t, the amount of attention to murder and sexual violence, homicide gets most attention even though it takes up less than.