CRIM 1700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Victim Blaming
15 Nov 2016
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Technological, political and economic forces that structure and constrain the form and content of any reported event at the point of news-gathering. Perceived interests of the audience; capturing the public mood . Make it easier/harder to tell (in some ways) Threshold: meet a minimum level of interest. Predictability: unpredictable crimes are popular, predictable crimes gives news outlets the opportunity to be on site, min-by- min, not after the fact, easy to cover - you know what to do and where ex. classic murder with trial. Simpli cation: has to be reduced to a couple main points so it"s memorable and accessible. Individualism: bad person scapegoat- victim blaming too- something about the person is why it happened- cause is clear ex. gang-af liated, or high school dropout. Risk: if it could possibly affect you-selling crime as random and unpredictable and could happen to everyone. Sex: crimes with sexual nature yield higher interest, tend to normalize male sexual violence.
