Crime and Deviance, Topic 7: Crime and the Media

How does the media/news distort the image of crime?

News values and crime coverage

Fictional representations of crime

The media as a cause of crime: Ways the media cause crime and deviance.

The media and fear of crime.

Media and relative deprivation and crime

Cultural criminology, the media and crime

Moral panics

Wider context of moral panics - when do they happen.

Cyber crime