The Media And The Fear Of Victimization

The Media and the Fear of Victimization


        Tonight's presenter spoke on the images of crime that are presented on

television and the media and how they affect the public perception on being

victimized. She gave examples of how the media has the tendency to often blow up

a situation so as to make it appear as if the nation is in some great peril. For

example if someone does  a study on juvenile crime you can expect the media to

focus on juvenile crime and incidents that may be occurring across the nation.

Though the crime they are reporting is a portion of the normal crime that goes

on everyday and almost unnoticed for the most part but because of the attention

it is getting and the media's tendency to sensationalize events  Americans all

of a sudden feel threatened by juvenile crime and demand that something be done.

Americans in other words are getting a false representation of the real

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