Contemporary Media's Influence on Crime Reporting: A Detailed Analysis

This report delves into the persistent debate concerning the influence of mass media on antisocial, deviant, or criminal behavior, focusing on crime stories in contemporary media. It examines how new values shape journalistic practices, referencing the work of Chibnall and Jewkes. The report uses the example of street robberies in Britain to illustrate how media reporting can create moral panics and influence public perception. It analyzes how news values such as immediacy, personalization, and dramatization underpin crime reporting, highlighting the roles of journalists and theorists in shaping the narrative. The analysis includes the examination of specific crime stories and the application of concepts like 'garroting' to understand how media portrays criminals and their actions. The report concludes by summarizing the key concepts of media reporting in terms of crime and how it demonstrates new values that shape journalistic practices.

Introduction
It is one of the most persistent debates in academic and lay circles
concerning the actual mass media, which extent to be causes anti-
social, deviant or criminal behaviour. This report is mainly focused
on the study about the phenomenon in regards of crime story from
the contemporary media. Usually, it is focused on the idea about
shaped by kind of new values and described by Chibnall & Jewkes.
Through this report, it will demonstrate the particular new values
shaped the reporting of particular stories about crime.
Example of Media Reports of Crime-
The subject of crime features become consider as large in our media. As a specialism which become consider as one of oldest of them all and ranks along with political reports. In most of cases, A crime has
been representing the special fascination for all people and also surprising the individuals, who are a majorly influenced with crime stories. Crime is particular the subject of myth and identifies their
information or detailed from different media channels.
Chosen Crime Story-
In decade, Cohen coined in term of Moral Panic towards media in UK, started by using a new type of street crime. Mugging, a slang concept that were imported from US to define the actual street Robbery
and appear in 1970s. At that time, it has been reported that emerging a new crime wave. Different street robberies are represented in the form of portrayed ways and gain a new value (Calzado and Lio, 2021).
A ferocious campaign will try to pressurize the police where they were fighting against the new crime value. At some point, it is not emphasis that placed on the particular circumstance of robberies except to
concern about black or white people. Sometimes, it is also consider as main reason for racism among black or white people.
It is based on the street Robberies crime which have been occurred in Britain. In particular areas, there were streets and press has always become fascination for them in spite of various criminal activities in
term of Robberies, which means that represents 6% of recoded crime. In 1860, compare with mugging of 1970 with another media invested as crime wave. Over 100 years, people can feel panic when they
were roaming around Street areas. This panic such as one of complex situation happen in 1970s, conjured up by the press and attack on the police.
Demonstrate how particular ‘news values’ shape journalistic practice and underpin the reporting of crime-
The Media fascination with crime that should start with right at beginning of modern society. As it will examine the modern media which help them to provide the information or detailed of crime in street
areas. Nowadays, it has been identified the little changed in way to report crime. It would be inspiring or motivating that how it will completely change the way of media reporting.
Even before the foundation of modern press, indeed even before printing press which become consider as establishment of Journalism as craft to report the criminal activities. As per chosen the Crime story
in regards of Street Robberies in Britain and attack on the police (Sorenson, 2020). This type of story is one of interesting while it is not particular journalism as need to know about fact or figure. It is
becoming as little thing that grabs reader’s attention in modern media. Whenever, Placing any kind of criminals in deviant group outside but still exist the norms or standards applicable in crime stories. At
that time, Journalist plays important role in which seek to create or develop a law breaker.
The media is always thinking about itself as watching of public interest, guardian of its public decency. Criminality is one of the most important thing which is always target the attention and expressing what
is believed to traditional, common sense interpretation of the world.
A media reporting is basically explain a new type of attack on respectable citizen within metropolis areas or place. This was being described as garroting. It is one of the most common method to help for
identifying the victim or criminal person, examine the reason behind robberies. Garroting is a term that was used in spite of being little evidence, robbers actually try to skill victim. As crime story began or
spread by using media channels. As if it was not completely enough that street robbers represent as out of group which become consider as threat of civilized society.
Steve Chibnall has been identified that professional imperatives in term of crime reporting. These are becoming related to immediacy, personalization, conventionalism, dramatization and other structured
access or novelty. It was clearly represent from 19th century, imperative at plays important role to recognize reporting of crime. Whenever, it is mainly used Garroting which provide brief idea about the
Victims and their violent robberies detailed. Chibnall’s will be influencing with criminology studies in 2004 (Baranauskas, 2020).
On the other, Jewkes has been setup a news worthiness criteria which help for targeting the audience through media and also provide the information about criminal activities. Jewkes will give the perception
of new values that determine the entire content or structure of crime stories. Afterwards, Jewkes was decided to introduce a new values in term of criminality. It is relatively consider as new concept which
gained more attention of people towards criminal stories. Moreover, Jewkes analysis and once gain working on the very old new value, it is always consider as involvement of different people in news
reporting. It also consider the crime certain model which always come into play and based on the tested social theory. This will help for implementing “new values” at the time of crime, news reporting.
Conclusion
From above discussion, it has been summarised about the
concept of media report in term of crime, demonstrated that
represents the new values shape journalistic practices. As per
analysis, it has been identified that perception, innovative idea
of theorists such as Chibnall & Jewkes, sharing more
information in regards of new values in media reporting.
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