Crime TV.pptx - Warren Hills Regional School District

Whatcha gonna do when they come for
you?!
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Cultivation theory in its most basic
form…suggests that exposure to
television, over time, subtly
"cultivates" viewers’ perceptions of
reality (Gerbner, 1986)
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[T]elevision should not be studied in
terms of targeted and specific effects
(e.g., that watching Superman will
lead children to attempt to fly by
jumping out the window)…
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…but in terms of the cumulative
and overarching impact it has on the
way we see the world in which we
live" (Miller, 2005. p. 282).
…and it leads to…
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“[Viewers] integrate and absorb a
sense of danger, of mistrust, of
meanness in the world – it is what
we call the Mean World Syndrome.”
– George Gerbner
http://www.mediaed.org/assets/products/14
3/presskit_143.pdf
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Children now see about 8,000
murders by the end of elementary
school, and about 200,000 violent
acts by the age of 18
--Michael Morgan
http://www.mediaed.org/assets/products/14
3/presskit_143.pdf
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The finding that if you watch a lot of TV you’re
likely to be more afraid of violence than those
who watch less TV, may help explain why so
many people seem to think violent crime is far
worse than it actually is .
--Michael Morgan
http://www.mediaed.org/assets/products/14
3/presskit_143.pdf
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Movies, commercials and TV shows
(including and especially "the news") are
in fact measured for their likely success
within the industry by their "jolts per
minute," or JPM.
--Brian W. Vaszily
http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/06/04/19/check_out_all_the_violence_her
e_or_how_i_jolt_you_into_submission_to_get_your_money.htm
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…how many times within an average
minute that you, the viewer, are going
to be "jolted" by something in the
program that stimulates your base
senses.
--Brian W. Vaszily
http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/06/04/19/check_out_all_the_
violence_here_or_how_i_jolt_you_into_submission_to_get_your_mon
ey.htm
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Fear, sexual desire, rage and
jealousy are among your most
dominant base senses. (Ones you
DON’T THINK about…ones that
you FEEL)
--Brian W. Vaszily
http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/06/04/19/check_out_all_the_viol
ence_here_or_how_i_jolt_you_into_submission_to_get_your_money.htm
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TV Myth: All crimes are ultimately solved and
perpetrators brought to justice.
Real Life: Most crimes are never solved
(around 80 percent of murders are solved, but
less than 20 percent of burglaries). The chances
of being sent to prison for committing one
crime are 1 out of 100.
- from Lecture 7 of Dr. Cecil Greek'sCrime and
Media seminar: Reel Cops
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TV Myth: Violent crime is pervasive in
today's society.
Real Life: Since 1955, television
characters have been murdered at a rate
1,000 times higher than real world
people.
- from Watching America, by Stanley Rothman
et al., New York: Prentice Hall, 1991
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To me, the show is best when it's balanced,
when it maybe has an action piece, and then a
lyrical piece, and then a think piece.
--John Langley, COPS creator
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It's better to have a chase and then something
that's a little slower, more humorous, more
lyrical, more whatever, and then it's nice to
shift gears again and have something that
provokes thought about our laws or the nature
of law enforcement or the nature of human
behavior or crime or whatever the case may
be.
--John Langley, COPS creator
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(The) vast majority of police officers
shown on COPS were white male (92%)
and the majority of offenders were
nonwhite males (62%)
http://www.internetjournalofcriminology.com/MonkTurner%20et%20al%20-%20Reality%20TV%20Crime%20Shows.pd
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Black men were most likely to be shown
engaging in a crime of burglary or theft
or crimes involving drugs.
http://www.internetjournalofcriminology.com/MonkTurner%20et%20al%20-%20Reality%20TV%20Crime%20Shows.pd
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[M]edia images depicted in COPS are at
odds with US Uniform Crime Report
official crime statistics and reinforce
stereotypes and myths about the nature
of crime in the United States.
http://www.internetjournalofcriminology.com/MonkTurner%20et%20al%20-%20Reality%20TV%20Crime%20Shows.pd
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http://www.mediaawareness.ca/english/resources/educational/
teaching_backgrounders/crime/tv_crime_facts
.cfm
http://erikawaddell.blogspot.com/2007/12/jo
hn-langley-man-behind-cops.html