Answer | Hint | % Correct |
---|---|---|
Relative Deprivation | This refers to the argument that the media creates images of lifestyles we can't afford: -Lea & Young: 'the mass media have disseminated a standardised image of lifestyle, particularly in the areas of popular culture and recreation, which (...) has accentuated the sense of relative deprivation'. | 100%
|
Crime as a Commodity | This refers to the argument that we are immersed in the mediascape - a continuous flow of images that blur the difference between reality and fiction: -Crime is packaged and marketed to young people as a romantic, exciting, cool and fashionable cultural symbol. | 0%
|
Fear of Crime | This refers to the argument that the media influences what we as a society discuss and think about - this is known as agenda setting: -People form opinions about crime based on their sources of information. -Crime is delivered through the values and assumptions of what is seen as newsworthy - news values. -These news values exaggerate the extent of violent crime. -Deviance by celebrities is seen as particularly newsworthy. -The media creates a hyperreality of crime that has little connection with the real world. | 0%
|
Google selling of Zombie Knives | In 2019, the Offensive Weapons Act made it illegal to possess, sell, import or manufacture 'zombie knives', however these knives are still selling in the UK as of December 2023: -Google is profiting from ads offering lethal weapons for sale to people in the UK – including 17 inch zombie knives, 'military tactical' blades and 'zombie killer sword apocalypse machetes' – despite claiming to ban them in 2015. -Sponsored listings for zombie knives have appeared at the top of search results, even when the SafeSearch setting was turned on. -Google directed customers to online marketplaces, mostly overseas, which offer to ship the knives to customers in the UK for as little as £20. -The knives have been able to be bought without age verification, ID, or vetting checks. -Google said it had now removed violating listings and had 'strict policies' to keep people safe - it did not say how the ads had come to be on its platform in the first place. -In the year to March 2022 there were 282 murders overall involving a knife or sharp instrument in England and Wales, the highest figure since 1946. -Of those killed, 99 were under 25. -In September 2023, a 15-year-old girl was reportedly killed on her way to school in London with a foot-long, serrated zombie blade. -This case study shows how the media is able to cause crime. | 0%
|
Moral panics | This refers to the argument that the media acts as a moral entrepreneur and decides who or what is deviant: -Media coverage of some crime and events can lead to deviancy amplification - London Riots 2011. -A group is labelled as folk devils and this develops, for example, 'Britain's baby-faced knife thugs'. -However, McRobbie and Thornton suggest that the idea of a moral panic doesn't exist in today's media-saturated society - the huge diversity of media means that a dominant narrative is less likely. -Also, the groups most likely to be labelled as folk devils now have a voice through user-generated content, such as that found on YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, etc. | 0%
|
Ray Surette (2010) | This sociologist suggests there is a 'backwards law' with the media constructing images of crime that are the opposite of reality. | 0%
|
The Woman With The Flower Tattoo | This refers to a dead woman being identified through Interpol's 'Operation Identify Me', a public appeal to identify 22 women, believed to have been murdered in Western Europe between 10-40 years ago: -Rita Roberts' (then identified) body was found in Antwerp, Belgium in 1992, 100s of miles from where she grew up in Cardiff. -When 'Operation Identify Me' launched, a photo of her body's tattoo was released to the public, having previously only been available to law enforcement agencies. -Some days after it launched, a relative of Rita Roberts saw the image of the tattoo on a news website and alerted the authorities - they said Roberts had moved from Cardiff to Antwerp in February 1992. -She had sent a postcode in May 1992 and had not been heard from since. -This case study shows how the media is able to solve crime. | 0%
|
Copyright H Brothers Inc, 2008–2024
Contact Us | Go To Top | View Mobile Site