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Word Count: 2,252 Student Number: 032411410. Do the Media Inform or Misinform the Public about the Nature and Extent of Crime in Britain?
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Word Count: 2,252 Student Number: 032411410. Do the Media Inform or Misinform the Public about the Nature and Extent of Crime in Britain? There is continuous debate on the effectiveness of media reporting with regards to informing the public about crime. The media have motive, methods by, which they distort information, and evidence of the affects of their misinforming the public. However the media do inform the public with regards to problems in our society, without the media we would know nothing. The public also need to be thought of when trying to decipher whether the media does in fact misinform them. There are certain motives, which may suggest that the media do in fact misinform the public with regards to the nature and extent of crime. The Marxist 'mass manipulation' models suggest that the excess of crime stories are there as a way to divert attention away from the real problems in...
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