Impact Of Media Representations

This study source was downloaded by 100000857300661 from CourseHero.com on 11-30-2022 05:35:33 GMT -06:00https://www.coursehero.com/file/114284350/Impact-of-media-representations-1docx/Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org) Scott TruettExplain the impact of media representations on public perception of crimeMoral panic is a phrase used to describe the medias description of what happened, which will lead to the public being worried and nervous due to excessive exaggeration by the media. This can be shown by Mods and Rockers, these two groups of teenagers fought because of boredom. The Media exaggerated it to show that the two groups of teenagers fought and caused a lot of damage and fear, instead of two group battles that caused minor damage due to boredom. Another example might be the riots in London, as the riots spread to other parts of the UK, it caused peoples fear of the UK, leading to a spiral of deviations in these cities.The media can changing public concerns and attitudes as different types of crimes that the media has covered creates public concerns such as terrorism as people become worried that they could end up being attacked. With the media constantly reporting these sorts of events it causes panic through the public which can negatively affect their attitudestowards doing normal