Full Description
The rise of mobile and social media means that everyday crime news is now more immediate, more visual, and more democratically produced than ever. Offering new and innovative ways of understanding the relationship between media and crime, Media and Crime in the U.S. critically examines the influence of media coverage of crimes on culture and identity in the United States and across the globe. With comprehensive coverage of the theories, research, and key issues, acclaimed author Yvonne Jewkes and award-winning professor Travis Linnemann have come together to shed light on some of the most troubling questions surrounding media and crime today.
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 Theorizing Media and Crime
• OVERVIEW
• KEY TERMS
MEDIA "EFFECTS"
STRAIN THEORY AND ANOMIE
MARXISM, CRITICAL CRIMINOLOGY, AND THE "DOMINANT IDEOLOGY" APPROACH
PLURALISM, COMPETITION, AND IDEOLOGICAL STRUGGLE
REALISM AND RECEPTION ANALYSIS
LATE MODERNITY AND POSTMODERNISM
CULTURAL CRIMINOLOGY
• SUMMARY
• STUDY QUESTIONS
• FURTHER READING
CHAPTER 2 The Construction of Crime News
• OVERVIEW
• KEY TERMS
NEWS VALUES FOR A NEW MILLENNIUM
TWO EXAMPLES OF NEWSWORTHY STORIES PAR EXCELLENCE
NEWS PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION IN A DIGITAL GLOBAL MARKETPLACE: THE RISE OF THE CITIZEN JOURNALIST
NEWS VALUES AND CRIME NEWS PRODUCTION: SOME CONCLUDING THOUGHTS
• SUMMARY
• STUDY QUESTIONS
• FURTHER READING
CHAPTER 3 Media and Moral Panics
• OVERVIEW
• KEY TERMS
THE BACKGROUND OF THE MORAL PANIC MODEL
PROBLEMS WITH THE MORAL PANIC MODEL
THE LONGEVITY AND LEGACY OF THE MORAL PANIC MODEL: SOME CONCLUDING THOUGHTS
• SUMMARY
• STUDY QUESTIONS
• FURTHER READING
CHAPTER 4 Media Constructions of Children: "Evil Monsters" and "Tragic Victims"
• OVERVIEW
• KEY TERMS
CHILDREN AS "EVIL MONSTERS"
CHILDREN AS "TRAGIC VICTIMS"
GUILT, COLLUSION, AND VOYEURISM
MORAL PANICS AND THE REVIVAL OF "COMMUNITY": SOME CONCLUDING THOUGHTS
• SUMMARY
• STUDY QUESTIONS
• FURTHER READING
CHAPTER 5 Media Misogyny: Monstrous Women
• OVERVIEW
• KEY TERMS
PSYCHOANALYTIC PERSPECTIVES
FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES
HONORABLE FATHERS VERSUS MONSTROUS MOTHERS: SOME CONCLUDING THOUGHTS
• SUMMARY
• STUDY QUESTIONS
• FURTHER READING
CHAPTER 6 The Police Image and Policing the Image
• OVERVIEW
• KEY TERMS
THE MASS MEDIA AND FEAR OF CRIME
THE POLICE IMAGE: TELEVISION AND FILM
COPS AND REALITY TV
POLICING AND SOCIAL MEDIA
IMAGE MANAGEMENT
• SUMMARY
• STUDY QUESTIONS
• FURTHER READING
CHAPTER 7 Crime Movies and Prison Films
• OVERVIEW
• KEY TERMS
THE APPEAL OF CRIME MOVIES
THE CRIME MOVIE: MASCULINITY, AUTONOMY, THE CITY
THE "PRISON FILM"
THE DOCUMENTARY
THE REMAKE
DISCUSSION
CONCLUDING THOUGHTS
• SUMMARY
• STUDY QUESTIONS
• FURTHER READING
CHAPTER 8 Crime and the Surveillance Culture
• OVERVIEW
• KEY TERMS
THE NSA AND A NEW AGE OF SURVEILLANCE
PANOPTICISM
THE SURVEILLANT ASSEMBLAGE
FROM THE PANOPTICON TO SURVEILLANT ASSEMBLAGE AND BACK AGAIN
"BIG BROTHER" OR "BRAVE NEW WORLD"? SOME CONCLUDING THOUGHTS
• SUMMARY
• STUDY QUESTIONS
• FURTHER READING
CHAPTER 9 The Role of the Internet in Crime and Deviance
• OVERVIEW
• KEY TERMS
REDEFINING DEVIANCE AND DEMOCRATIZATION: DEVELOPING NATIONS AND THE CASE OF CHINA
"ORDINARY" CYBERCRIMES
HATE CRIME
INVASION OF PRIVACY, DEFAMATION, AND IDENTITY THEFT
EBAY FRAUD
CHILDHOOD, CYBERSPACE, AND SOCIAL RETREAT
CONCLUDING THOUGHTS
• SUMMARY
• STUDY QUESTIONS
• FURTHER READING
CHAPTER 10 (Re)Conceptualizing the Relationship Between Media and Crime
• OVERVIEW
• KEY TERMS
DOING MEDIA-CRIME RESEARCH
STIGMATIZATION, SENTIMENTALIZATION, AND SANCTIFICATION: THE "OTHERING" OF VICTIMS AND OFFENDERS
• SUMMARY
• STUDY QUESTIONS
• FURTHER READING
GLOSSARY
REFERENCES
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
