The Importance Of Mass Media

Fear mixed with public view about rising crime rates contribute to a lack of faith by citizens in the criminal justice system. I believe that the news wants more ratings sometimes so they try to exaggerate a story to make it sounds interesting and exciting. Social media has a major impact on people’s attitudes especially young people. People read something that’s so convincing and believe it immediately. They don’t do any research of their own to get a point of view of all sides of a story. I believe a good example of attitudes of people was the Alton Sterling shooting. The altercation was videoed by witnesses and went viral. People automatically were condemning police because they shot and killed a man that looked defenseless in the situation. People just made assumptions and social media impacted their view on what happened. Not until later was the detailed story of the incident came out and the body camera footage. Some people changed their minds, were indecisive or still believed what they first saw and heard. Media caused a major response of public attitudes on how and why this happened. It caused attitude change of how we view the police. Citizens didn’t feel safe or protected rather targeted because of their race. This case caused a domino effect almost because of the negative attitude towards police officers here in Louisiana and the rest of the country. I believe media has a major impact on citizens attitudes because it can cause a

Many times, the media is the main cause in contributing and encouraging the creation of crime myths. The mass media have responsibilities to update the public on the activities occurring domestically and internationally. Stories or reports have to grab the attention of viewers and often times this is accomplished through methods of dramatizing and sensationalizing stories. Instead of stating solely fact, mass media reports have become bias opinions, allowing for it to evolve into more of an entertainment business rather than news.

Whether through social media, televised news, or newspapers, most people are exposed to some sort of news media every day. It is the responsibility of the media to inform the public about what is happening in the world around us, and more often than not, that includes reporting crime. If the media is the source of our information, they have the power to influence our perception of that information. The media have the power to not only influence our perception of crime, but also the course it takes through the legal system. External pressures have ultimately shaped the news media’s illustration of violence and crime, and their coverage has and will reshape public opinion and even the criminal justice policy (Beale 2006). There are many examples of how the media changes the influences the public discourse of crime. This change can range from instilling small amounts of bias or jeopardizing high profile court cases. Regardless of the instance, it is something the public needs to be aware of.

Former SIS agent and novelist David Cornwell once said, “I suffer from the same frustration that every decent American suffers from. That is, that you begin to wonder whether decent liberal instincts, decent humanitarian instincts, can actually penetrate the right-wing voice, get through the steering of American opinion by the mass media.” In this weeks reading we read about the events happening after the cold war and beyond. These being subjects like the NATO expansion to internal reform. However in one section of the reading it talk about the events of the Somalia and Bosnian humanitarian effort and the shocking reality of America’s view on it. Being born in America, we have all have heard and influenced by the idea of America being a peace keeping and leading Humanitarian force in the world. Yet the history of America is anything but. With fights only

The mass media is a vehicle for delivering information and to entertain. But implications that the media do more harm than good concerning its practices and its effects on the public. The two main categories of mass media are print media and electronic media. Although they overlap in some areas, they differ mostly in the subject matter they cover and in their delivery methods. Research had been conducted in using both these forms to gauge the impact that each one has on the public. Print media tends to be more factual based whereas electronic media tend to focus more on visual aids to help relay the information. The public's fear of crime has an impact on the public agenda of policy makers. Fear of crime not only

The mass media is a vehicle for delivering information and to entertain. But implications that the media do more harm than good concerning its practices and its effects on the public. The two main categories of mass media are print media and electronic media. Although they overlap in some areas, they differ mostly in the subject matter they cover and in their delivery methods. Research had been conducted in using both these forms to gauge the impact that each one has on the public. Print media tends to be more factual based whereas electronic media tend to focus more on visual aids to help relay the information. The public’s fear of crime has an impact on the public agenda of policy makers. Fear of crime not only affects individual but may

The Mass media is the communication of spoken, written, or broadcast information or idea to a large audience. This could be through various medium such as newspapers, magazines, television, Internet, radio, movies, video games and others. This essay will analyse the representation of crime in newspapers and television. Newspapers are a very important type of media that keep the public informed about happening in the society and around the world. The newspapers tend to give a negative or an exaggerated or an inappropriate account of events especially when the report is related to a criminal activity. This representation of events may be hugely misleading and give the wrong ideas to the audience which may lead to an inappropriate response by society.

In the journal, Media Influence on Citizen Attitudes Toward Police Effectiveness, Kenneth Dowler researched the effects media has on community attitudes towards how effective police are. Research shows that race, gender, age, education, geographical location, political views, and socioeconomic status plays a role in attitudes towards police (Dowler, 2002). There allegedly is a discrepancy whether police are portrayed positively or negatively by the media (Dowler, 2002). Dowler measured using three different types of questions, seven total. The first three questions were about confidence in police protect, solve, and prevent crime (Dowler, 2002). Dowler’s next three questions were about related to police promptness, fairness, and friendliness.

Crime is an inevitable phenomenon that happens every day in our lives. Crime is thought as a fascinating event, although it is frowned upon and seen as an evil act. Mass media shows how intrigued we are with crime, because it rules over media coverage with negative elements. Media has become an important way to gain information in our society, although is media a proper approach to gaining the truth. Media has been known to stretch the truth and provide an over-representation of crime occurrence. Media coverage often on crime often is provided with a point of view, also tends to lack important information. Media has become a part of our everyday lives, so can media be a valid source for information on crime. Media reports on crime are they accurate and how it may affect the public.

The modern world is highly influential, in which, the public’s knowledge of crime and justice comes from the media. The news media's treatment of crime and violence plays a major role in the shaping of public opinion.

Due to the new media presenting mainly sensational crimes and police involvement the public’s view of law enforcement is skewed and molded by what is depicted from the media rather than what is actually occurring around them (Bohm & Haley, p. 14, 2011). The media reports high profile crimes along with heinous crimes to get ratings and a higher viewer involvement. Often the news media reports what they believe is going to grab the viewer’s attention rather than the facts of the event. The effects that this type of reporting has on society's view of law enforcement and the criminal justice system is substantial in that the conception is that sensational crimes make up almost all calls for service when they are actually marginal in the total scope

Whenever I watch the news it's only for a mere second . It seems as though the news starts off with a crime that is so mind blowing it just changes the whole outlook. It's very disturbing to see how people act towards one another and also how they react to authority in such a negative way . The news and entertainment media play a huge role in the public perception of violent crimes in the U.S. With all of the corrupt people that choose to live their lifestyles in the streets or any type of dismay there may be , People can take a small situation and blow it all out of proportion, all due to the negative report from the news or social media. The expectations of the public in the ways in which police do their jobs are for them to protect and

Mass media is one of the greatest tools of communication. Media is the source of mass communication which can be delivered through newspapers, radio, and television. Mass media is very important because it provides information for people around the world. Because of its importance, mass media is always changing day by day. The development of technology lead a change to digital media. Internet, for instance, has been most popular in recent years. It has provided people with a large source of information. As a result, printed media such as newspapers are left behind by the majority of readers. For example, readership for the New York Times has dropped by 50% (BBC. 2010). Newspaper readers have moved onto digital media because of several reasons. These reasons prove that paper newspapers are becoming obsolete.

It is suggested that in the Western countries, the mass media has become the main source of information and entertainment. The majority of the public is knowledgeable about crime through second-hand reports, rather

The public’s knowledge of justice and crime as a whole is largely derived from the media. Let us think about this. How often do you come in direct contact with the police? For most Americans we would probably say one or two times a year. Of course, you have your 18 year old teenager who drives his fire red coupe too fast and may encounter law enforcement 7 to 10 times a year. Whatever the case may be, I think that we can all agree that hardly a single one of our encounters with the police have been for the betterment of us. I mean how many times has a police officer pulled you over and given you a twenty dollar bill? Every time we are being stopped we are being forced to hand over money to the state or whatever the case may be. This leaves a sour taste in our mouths. However, is that truly why so many of us seem to have all of this distrust in our law enforcement agencies? The answer is typically no. In this paper I will discuss why so many have this image of police in their heads that leads them to doubt the integrity of our police and distrust them.