Justice
in the Media - Module 2
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Module
2: Defining Crime
Module
Dates
Required
Reading
Potter
and Kappeler - Part Two
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Video
Assignment
Aileen
Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer
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Other
Assignments
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Journal
Entry 2 - Due on or before July 16 |
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Media
Analysis 1 - Due on or before July 19 |
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Check
WebCT for other due dates. |
General
Links
Please
do not treat this as an exhaustive list. Several of these searches
are examples and/or starting points. Do your own searches for
relevant information. If you find a good site, be sure to include
the URL in your journal.
MetaCrawler
Search for "moral
panics." This is a good example of the results of
a search with this engine. You may want to use MetaCrawler to
find information on other articles or topics in this and
other modules.
“I
would argue that the media's misrepresentations are not
all the result of innocent
error and everyday production problems, though such problems
certainly exist. True, the press has to be selective--but
what principle of selectivity is involved? Media bias does
not occur in a random fashion; rather it moves in the same
overall direction again and again . . . "
Excellent website for
insight as to why the media is biased.
Individuals
gain the knowledge on which they construct their social
realities from four sources: personal experiences, significant
others (peers, family, and friends), other social groups
and institutions (schools, unions, churches, government agencies),
and the MASS MEDIA. (Surette, 1998. p.6)
This
website has valuable information on how it’s the responsibility
of the mass media for informing American about gang activity
and youth violence. It is found that what the media
presents may not always be accurate and the way in which
the media portrays gangs and youth violence is sometimes
sensationalistic and, when it is, impedes a genuine understanding
of these issues. This is a genuine concern so much
effort needs to be attained.
“Freedom
of the press has always passed itself off as one of America's
most sacred cows. In reality, it has faithfully served
and is still serving as another of the elite's Trojan Horses.”
This
particular site is a chapter from a book called, “Manipulation
of the Media.” In this piece of literature we see how the
media rigs elections, is used as a political propaganda tool,
and seeing who all is on our media’s payroll in terms
of consolidation.
Good
information, including full text articles, that discuss
the "construction" of
the drug problem.
Focus
on the construction of the drug "problem" and the failure of drug "war."
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