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The Different Theories on Crime and Media!
- MARXIST THEORY ON MEDIA AND CRIME: ~ Marxists would argue it is not
surprising that moral panics centre around groups viewed as devient or
threatening to the rich and powerful in society! They highlight the way the
media portrays criminals as working-class, ignoring white-collar or corprate
crime. Frankfurt school point to the ideological control the media exerts in
perpetuating false consciousness. Louis Althusser would describe the media
as an ideological state apparatus!
- INTERPRETIVE THEORY ON MEDIA AND CRIME: ~
Interpretive theorists, such as interactionists,
emphasize the role of the media in the social
construction of news. They view the media as
supporting specific arguements with selective
evidence and data from appropriate surveys etc.
- FUNCTIONALIST AND PLURALIST THEORY ON MEDIA AND CRIME: ~ Funcitionalist and Pluralists argue the
media is simply a 'window on the world' reflecting life as it is. Therefore, the media simply reflects a true or real
picture of crime. However, critics argue that this is rather naive given the fact that the real figure of crime is way
above the official figure.
- FEMINIST THEORY ON MEDIA AND CRIME: ~
Feminists argue that the media plays down
the extent of women as victims of crime.
Feminists argue that the sexually explicit
representation of women in all forms of
pornography (including tabliod newspapers
and lads mags) renders all women potentially
unsafe since they encourage predatory
attitudes amongst men.
- POSTMODERNIST THEORY ON MEDIA AND
CRIME: ~ Postmodernists see the media as a
crucial player in our perception of crime
(regadless of whether this perception is
accurate or not) They highlight how the media
present crime with a mixture of entertainment
and sensationalism ~ The ulitmate expression
of this is crime expressed as a spectacle!
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