Deck 4: Crime and the Media

Question 1

What phrase does Surette use to refer to the idea that the media tends to misrepresent the reality of crime?

A) The rule of distortion
B) The law of opposites
C) The elementary denial
D) Tabloid adversarialism

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which genre did Foucault see as important in signalling the shifting culture interest from 'the execution to the investigation'?

A) The reality television show
B) The prison movie
C) The cop show
D) The detective novel

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which of the following refers to the tendency of news outlets to transform complex news stories into simplistic, catchy messages about crime:

A) Adversarialism
B) Media distortion
C) Mediatisation
D) Sloganization

Answer 3

D

Question 4

News reporting on violence has:

A) Remained the same over time
B) Increased post-Second World War
C) Decreased post-Second World War
D) Become impossible to measure

Question 5

Cohen's original study of moral panics focused on:

A) White collar crime in the 1950s
B) Altercations between two British youth-subcultural groups in the 1960s
C) News coverage of 'mugging' in the 1970s
D) Party drug-users in the 1980s

Question 6

Which of the following is widely seen as a criterion of moral panic:

A) Disproportionality
B) The existence of a folk hero
C) Responsibilisation
D) Long-lasting cultural effects

Question 7

One alternative paradigm to 'moral panic' is:

A) Folk devils
B) The deviance amplification spiral
C) The cautionary tale
D) Tabloidization

Question 8

Folk devils are:

A) The group that becomes the focus of concern and censure in a moral panic
B) Those who administer crime control measures during periods of moral panic
C) Those who speak up on behalf of those vilified during a moral panic
D) Journalists and editors who produce news items that contribute to a moral panic

Question 9

Which of the following is an example of citizen journalism:

A) Eye-witness film footage taken on a mobile phone, circulated via social media
B) News reporting on political events that affect public policy
C) Journalism that is mindful of citizens' needs for transparency and accountability
D) 24/7 news coverage that provides citizens with live news updates

Question 10

When was 24/7 news introduced:

A) The 1970s
B) The 1980s
C) The 1990s
D) The 2000s