ADJUS-120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Selection Bias, News Values, Influence Of Mass Media

• School: Diablo Valley College
• Department: Administration Of Justice
• Course: ADJUS-120
• Professor: Jordan

Document Summary

Newsworthiness is linked to the following news values. Well known victims and offenders are more likely to be reported than unknown victims the more prominent an individual or organisation, the more newsworthy it is. The media tend to report crimes that have occurred recently rather than some time in the past. Present information about crime as isolated events rather than include information about broader social and/or historical contexts. The media tend to focus on stories which will have a greater impact upon the audience tend to focus on crimes that affect a greater number of people. Proximity: the closer the events of the story are to an audience geographically or emotionally the more newsworthy it is. Focus is on telling those stories which are bizarre or unusual. Can give the impression that such crimes are more common than there really are. Focus on stories where two or more parties are in conflict.