CRIM 101 Chapter 2: Crim 101 Chapter 2 Textbook Summary
12 Dec 2017
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Intro: attitudes about the media"s depiction of crime changed a great deal over time, in the 1940"s. Canada"s parliamentarians warned that crime comics would increase psychopathology among young people, and as a result, they passed the law that states it is a crime to make, print, publish, distribute, or sell a crime comic. Columbine shooting: the shooters sought to impact others" perceptions of the real-world incident by creating a media record of their thoughts before the rampage began and anticipated that they would continue in other media after the incident. Their media story shaped the way we saw the tragedy: these narratives continued to compete for the attention of media audiences, who interpret them in a variety of ways for their own purposes. Discourses take place within specific cultural and historical context: media depictions of race and gender - certain types of offenders are stereotyped in media representations, where people of colour are commonly represented in derogatory and unflattering ways.
