Sociology 2267A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 5 & 9 : Critical Discourse Analysis, Moral Panic, Sociolinguistics
16 Apr 2016
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Youth deviance and the media: mapping knowledge and the limits to certainty. Exaggerated fears about social problems, including youth deviance, partly generated by the media. Any group that is unjustifiable perceived to pose a threat to the traditional values and institutions of society. Limits of the official version of youth crime. 1) crime is report-sensitive, which means the willingness of the victim to report the crime determines whether the police know about it. Crime is policing-sensitive, which means the level of police enforcement determines whether the crime gets counted. Crime is definition-sensitive, which means that a change in the law affects whether something is called a crime. Crime is media sensitive, which means that if crimes are publicized a feedback loop can change the publics perception and willingness to report. Real trends in the number of crimes in society change over time. Analyzing media content for themes such as sensationalism or distortion.
