CRM 3312 Midterm: Mid-Term 1 Review
12 Feb 2016
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Thomas theorem: what people perceive as real, is real in its consequences. (the interpretation of the situation causes the action) Refers to the extent and seriousness of atypical episodes of deviance that are exaggerated in mass media. Pressures on police, criminal justice agents, and politicians. Media fails to give background information on the offender, they just get down to the point of what happened. Concern fuelled by the media gives rise to: Moral panic: an intense feeling in a population about some issue that appears to threaten the core values and well-being of society: example: war on drugs (marijuana was a big one specifically) Moral entrepreneurs: the ones who start the panic. A group or organization that have taken the responsibility to convince society to develop rules that are consistent with their own moral beliefs. *3rd person effect hypothesis: people expect mass communications to have a greater effect on other peoples" attitudes and behaviours than on themselves: example: madd.
