SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Criminology, White-Collar Crime, Counterculture

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Mavis Morton

Document Summary

O"grady media portrayals of crime in canada. Media has come to play an extremely inluenial role in society. Since the 1960"s studies of mass media, especially television and newspapers, have shown the integral role that media plays in the general public"s knowledge and understanding of crime. It is crucial be aware of how much of the public understands crime to be deined in society as a result of media inluence. Crime is deined by the media with a similar to the objecivist- legalist viewpoint. Important diferences exist among the various forms of media; with crime reports playing the biggest role. Crime is depicted in media as an evitable part of our society. The media oten focuses on the sectors of crime that people want to see. For example 94% of youth crime in press focussed on youth violence, however according to court staisics only 25% of youth crime was violent; much of which was minor assaults.