Media and crime /

Jewkes, Yvonne.

Media and crime / Yvonne Jewkes. - 3rd edition. - Oliver's Yard : Sage, 2015. - xi, 334 p, : 25 cm. - Key approaches to criminology .

Machine generated contents note: Media 'effects'
Mass society theory
Behaviourism and positivism
The legacy of 'effects' research
Strain theory and anomie
Marxism, critical criminology and the 'dominant ideology' approach
The legacy of Marxism: critical criminology and corporate crime
Pluralism, competition and ideological struggle
Realism and reception analysis
Late-modernity and postmodernism
Cultural criminology
Summary
Study questions
Further reading
News values for a new millennium
Threshold
Predictability
Simplification
Individualism
Risk
Sex
Celebrity or high-status persons
Proximity
Violence or conflict
Visual spectacle and graphic imagery
Children
Conservative ideology and political diversion
The disappearance of Madeleine McCann: a newsworthy story par excellence
News production and consumption in a digital global marketplace: the rise of the citizen Journalist
Contents note continued: News values and crime news production: some concluding thoughts
The background to the moral panic model
How the mass media turn the ordinary into the extraordinary
The role of the authorities in the deviancy amplification process
Defining moral boundaries and creating consensus
Rapid social change - risk
Youth
Problems with the moral panic model
A problem with 'deviance'
A problem with 'morality'
Problems with 'youth' and 'style'
A problem with 'risk'
A problem of 'source'
A problem with 'audience'
The longevity and legacy of the moral panic model: some concluding thoughts
1993 - Children as 'evil monsters'
1996 - Children as 'tragic victims'
Guilt, collusion and voyeurism
Moral panics and the revival of 'community': some concluding thoughts
Contents note continued: Psychoanalytic perspectives
Feminist perspectives
Sexuality and sexual deviance
Physical attractiveness
Bad wives
Bad mothers
Mythical monsters
Mad cows
Evil manipulators
Non-agents
Honourable fathers vs. monstrous mothers: some concluding thoughts
The mass media and fear of crime
The role of the police
The role of mobile and social media in policing
Crimewatch UK
Crimewatching victims
Crimewatching offenders
Crimewatching the police
Crimewatching crime: some concluding thoughts
The appeal of crime films
The crime film: masculinity, autonomy, the city
The 'Prison Film'
The prison film and the power to reform?
The Documentary
Documentary as Ethnography
The remake
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three and The Taking of Pelham 123
Discussion
Concluding Thoughts
Contents note continued: Study questions
NSA, GCHQ and the new age of surveillance
Panopticism
The surveillant assemblage
Control of the body
Governance and governmentality
Security and 'cybersurveillance'
Profit
Voyeurism and entertainment
From the panopticon to surveillant assemblage and back again
'Big Brother' or 'Brave New World'?: some concluding thoughts
Redefining deviance and democratization: developing nations and the case of China
Cyber-warfare and cyber-terrorism
'Ordinary' cybercrimes
Electronic theft and abuse of intellectual property rights
Hate crime
Invasion of privacy, defamation and identity theft
eBay Fraud
Hacking and loss of sensitive data
Child pornography and online grooming
Childhood, cyberspace and social retreat
Concluding thoughts
Doing media-crime research
Contents note continued: Stigmatization, sentimentalization and sanctification: the 'othering' of victims and offenders
Further reading.

This book critically examines the complex interactions between media and crime. Written with an engaging and authoritative voice, it guides you through all the key issues, ranging from news reporting of crime, media constructions of children and women, moral panics and media and the police to 'reality' crime shows, surveillance and social control. This third edition: explores innovations in technology and forms of reporting, including citizen journalism; examines the impact of new media including mobile, Internet and digital technologies, and social networking sites; features chapters dedicated to the issues around cybercrime and crime film, along with new content on terrorism and the media; shows you how to research media and crime; includes discussion questions, further reading and a glossary. Now features a companion website, complete with links to journal articles, relevant websites and blogs. This is essential reading for your studies in criminology, media studies, cultural studies and sociology.

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