SOCIOL 1A06 Chapter 24: SIQ - chapter 24.docx
11 Apr 2012
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News, truth, and the problem of corporate crime: Media, examined between 1992 and 2002, along with the changing news articles. When it comes to deviance and crime, newspapers over-represent the poor and those most vulnerable to labeling by authorities. They also underrepresent the misconduct of the powerful. Business crime articles are found in the business section, not front page. Use the terms accidents, mistakes and tragedies to talk about business crime. Literal denial involves arranging damaging information into inaccurate or innocuous forms of story telling. Interpretive denial involves admitting the raw facts butt involves recontextualizing events and excusing them as normal, justified, or necessary. Passive denial involves claiming that no problem really exists. The most prominent discourse in the overall news coverage was that of a legal disaster.
