SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Moral Panic, Social Constructionism, Forensic Science

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Michelle Dumas

Document Summary

Crime & criminal justice week 7 media & crime. Media perceptions effect court outcomes real-life cases where people expected same types of results as on tv, juries demanding more evidence even if unnecessary juries more likely to judge ppl not guilty bc want to see more evidence. Way in which technology communicates, focusing on technology of media (how television works, how we print things, how things are put together audiovisually: critical (social science) how media influences social values, shapes public viewpoint, socialization tool. Media & inequality: - how media serves economic interest of the elite/corporations, how does media influence type of info we receive. Media & social conflict: - messages & socialization process & dissects ideology that is reinforced & media & reinforces status quo. )1 strict contructionists: do not perceive any objective facts, very abstract/philosophical, table does not exist unless i say it"s there, rare. )3 debunkers: crude form of constructionism, very popular among masses ex internet.