Sociology 2298A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Mass Society, Mass Media, Vigilante
6 Jun 2017
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To what degree do media images bring about negative effects in their viewers: effects research. Crime survey for england and wales published in 2014, showed that overall crime fell by 15% and violent crime by 22% Pearson (1983): history of respectable fears go back several hundred years and public outrage at perceived crime waves has become more focused with intro of each new media innovation: theatrical productions (18th century, commercial cinema. 20th century: significant advancement in photography, cinema, popular press, tv, internet. Emerged in latter years of 19th/early 20th century, firmly established after ww2. Usually carries negative connotation, referring to masses and common people lack of individuality, alienation from moral and ethical values, taste for low culture. Late 19th/early 20th: period of turbulence an uncertainty and mass social therorists said that socil upheavels associated with industraliztion, urbanzaition and great war made people feel vulnerable: two strands detected, 1.
