CRIM 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Moral Panic, Jock Young, Crime Comics
19 Sep 2016
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Attitudes about media"s depictions of crime changed much over time. Under section 163 of criminal code - crime to make, print, publish, distribute, sell crime comics. Media - includes any means of mass communication including: Media effects - concept that exposure to media has effect on behavior. E. g. young people exposed to violent media may behave aggressively. Many social scientists rejected media effects approach b. c of methodological concerns. Some social scientists suggest that media images of crime exposure viewers to anti- social behaviors. Behaviors may be coped by youth pre-disposed to violence. Many criminologists moved away from considering effect of media on crime. Instead examine cultural meaning of media violence. Mch of work based on concept of active audiences. Active audiences - concept that audiences =/= passive recipients of information/meanings. Instead active in process of creating meaning. Audience does not absorb violent image, own meaning is created according to own perspectives & values.
