Mass media act as primary definers shaping public crime attitudes

Evidence

Important as such errors may be in the short run, they cannot explain the more intrinsic features of deviance inventories: processes such as symbolization and prediction, the direction of the distortions rather than the simple fact of their occurrence, the decision to report the deviance in the first place and to continue to report it in a particular way. — Cohen, Stanley, Folk devils and moral panics, 219 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

The major type of distortion in the inventory lay in exaggerating grossly the seriousness of the events, in terms of criteria such as the number taking part, the number involved in violence and the amount and effects of any damage or violence. … The regular use of phrases such as ‘riot’, ‘orgy of destruction’, ‘battle’, ‘attack’, ‘siege’, ‘beat up the town’ and ‘screaming mob’ left an image of a besieged town from which innocent holidaymakers were fleeing to escape a marauding mob. — Cohen, Stanley, Folk devils and moral panics, 185 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Media framing of hate crimes as individual acts obscures state and media complicity — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 103; Public perception of deviance is driven by media narratives. — Cohen, Stanley, Folk devils and moral panics: the…, 219; Media shapes public knowledge by defining events and scenarios people cannot access directly (+11 more)

Related

• Media exaggeration shapes public perception of events significantly. (similarity 0.88)
• Public perception of deviance is driven by media narratives. (similarity 0.88)
• Media crime coverage alone produces heavily skewed perceptions of a group. (similarity 0.85)
• Media shapes public knowledge by defining events and scenarios people cannot access directly (similarity 0.83)
• Media audiences require mafia symbols in crime imagery to find it authentic (similarity 0.83)
• Mass media consumption can harm mental states and distort perceptions of reality (similarity 0.81)
• Media coverage of Muslim violence superficially supports an Islam-violence link (similarity 0.81)
• Individual news stories can harm entire ethnic groups and shape broad social attitudes. (similarity 0.80)
• The media codes only certain groups’ violence as religiously motivated (similarity 0.80)
• Media framing shapes American attitudes toward Islam and jihad (similarity 0.79)
• Disproportionate media coverage reifies fear and mistrust of Muslims (similarity 0.79)
• Media and state mutually reinforce Islam-violence associations for distinct functional reasons (similarity 0.78)
• Repeated media coverage can create a self-fulfilling atmosphere of fear. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Public perception of deviance is driven by media narratives. #corroborates (0.75) — Cohen, Stanley, Folk devils and moral panics, 219
• Media shapes public knowledge by defining events and scenarios people cannot access directly #expands (0.70)
• Media exaggeration shapes public perception of events significantly. #corroborates (0.70) — Cohen, Stanley, Folk devils and moral panics, 185
• Media framing of hate crimes as individual acts obscures state and media complicity #complicates (0.60) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 103
• Media coverage of Muslim violence superficially supports an Islam-violence link #exemplifies (0.60) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 282
• Covert framing of Muslim surveillance as anti-terrorism suppressed public protest #exemplifies (0.60)
• Media framing shapes American attitudes toward Islam and jihad #exemplifies (0.55) — Asena Karipek, Portrayals of Jihad, 75
• Media access structurally favors elites against out-groups whose problems get defined for them #expands (0.55) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 851
• Formal balance and impartiality in media mask real dominance of prevailing interpretations #expands (0.55)
• Broadcast media can transform political violence into shared national trauma #expands (0.50) — , The Braided Reading EPUB, 1216
• Mass media consumption can harm mental states and distort perceptions of reality #expands (0.50) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 663