Media crime coverage alone produces heavily skewed perceptions of a group.

Evidence

I gave a talk in Kansas City some years ago, and somebody stood up and said, “What the heck is wrong with you Muslims?” My response was if the only thing I knew about Kansas City was the first minute of the local news every night, I would say to you, “What the heck is wrong with you people in Kansas City?” If the only thing I know is the murders and rapes I hear about on the evening news, then I have a very skewed view of who you are. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 655

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Public perception of deviance is driven by media narratives. — Cohen, Stanley, Folk devils and moral panics: the…, 219

Broader Connections

• Public perception of deviance is driven by media narratives. #corroborates (0.70) — Cohen, Stanley, Folk devils and moral panics, 219