From imitation to intimidation. A note on the curious and changing relationship between the media, crime and fear of crime

Although a connection between media reports and dramatizations of crime and peoples' fear of crime is intuitively attractive, an actual relationship has been discovered surprisingly infrequently. This study which analyses the quantitative responses of 167 respondents, and the qualitative respon...

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Contributors: Ditton, Jason (Other) ; Farrall, Stephen 1969- (Other) ; Gilchrist, Elizabeth (Other) ; Bannister, Jon (Other)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2004
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 2004, Volume: 44, Issue: 4, Pages: 595-610
Online Access: Volltext (doi)
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Keywords:
Mediendarstellung
Kriminalitätsberichterstattung
Kriminalitätsfurcht
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Summary:Although a connection between media reports and dramatizations of crime and peoples' fear of crime is intuitively attractive, an actual relationship has been discovered surprisingly infrequently. This study which analyses the quantitative responses of 167 respondents, and the qualitative responses of a sub-sample of 64 of them is no exception. The qualitative material indicates that respondents' perceptions and interpretations are more important than the frequency of media consumption and/or any objective characteristics of media material. "It is not easy to make people afraid" Altheide 2002: 59
ISSN:0007-0955
DOI:10.1093/bjc/azh028