CC200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Homicide, Final Girl, Body Piercing
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Social problems definition: punitive condition or situation that is labeled a problem in the arenas of public discourse and action: competition for public arenas, values: space, reality: limitations. Constructions of crime: crime in media: street crime (conventional crime, emphasis on violence, stranger danger risk. Childhood is viewed in media: dichotomy pf the adultfied child and infantilization, viewed as tragic victims (need of protection) or monsters (need to be locked up) News on youth crime: message (follow law and order position, out of control and increasingly violent, the system is lenient, remedy: longer and harsher penalties. News on youth crime: likelihood of reporting (influenced), violence: multiple murders (or multiple offenders, unusual methods of homicide, victims (cultural myths, homicides in affluent or suburban neighborhood"s. Adult crime: placement: where story is located, broadcast news: first block, murder as crime of choice, other violent crime reporting, female crimes: news reporting, stranger danger, victimization.
