My notes for Changing Awareness of Crime AC 1.4 - describe media representation of crime. In the controlled assessment, I achieved 96/100 (100/100 UMS marks).
What do newspapers value when deciding which crimes to report on?
Immediacy – breaking news.
Drama – action and excitement.
Personalisation – human stories.
Simplification – eliminating ‘shades of grey’ in the story.
Higher status person – celebrities or people in the media frequently.
Unexpectedness – a new development.
Risk – victim-centred stories about vulnerability and fear.
Violence – involving visible and spectacular acts.
Types of newspapers
12.7% of newspaper reports are crime-related, in particular murder, rape, robbery and road
accidents.
Tabloids – more pictures, more judgement, controversial, target particular people.
Broadsheets – tend to be more traditional and impartial.
Film
Around 1/5 of all films are about crime or involve crime in some form.
Up to ½ of these films have significant crime content.
Representation of violence has become more explicit over time.
Examples include:
o ‘No Time To Die’ – murder.
o ‘Free Guy’ - theft.
o ‘The Dark Knight’ - murder, armed, robbery, arson. Some victims shown as weak,
and some are show as confident and resilient.
o ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ - white-collar crime, drugs and prostitution.
o ‘American Psycho’ - murder, prostitution.
Gaming
70% of video games portray crime and/or violence.
Accessible to young children.
Images of extreme violence.
Examples include:
o ‘Call of Duty’ - terrorist attack.
o ‘Mortal Kombat’ - extreme violence.
o ‘GTA V’ - graphic torture, murder, prostitution, drugs, the police portrayed as stupid
and incompetent.
o ‘Hitman’.
o ‘Minecraft’.
o ‘Red Dead Redemption’.
Social media
Police forces use Facebook and Twitter to raise awareness.
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