Critically consider the preposition that` media is shaping criminality and criminal justice in its own image`

Media , Criminality and Criminal Justice in One Image

A hoax repeatedly mediated to be true will become true and eventually be perceived to be true . This is the power of media . With technological developments and advancements enlarging itself into attaining its potential monstrosity , more and more , media has become a part of the digital man 's source of influence , information and foundation for daily ideas , decisions and reflections . The mere fact that western lifestyles permit more than three hours of television viewing daily is enough to cause both pediatricians and sociologists anxieties

. And this influence definitely includes how people would eventually perceive criminality and criminal justice . A famous London crime scene that happened recently is reported like so

For hundreds of thousands of people commuting into London , the morning of July 7 , 2005 began just like any other . But at the peak of the rush hour , bombs were detonated in three crowded subway trains and aboard a London bus . At least 52 people died , along with four bombers , and 700 were injured . A week later , millions stood in silence to honor the victims of the deadliest attack in Britain since World War II . A week after that , the transport system was hit again - with attempted explosions on three more Tube trains and another bus (CNN , 2005

The news report above clearly depicts the bombing incident as an attack against the hard working commuters of London . Londoners on this paragraph wrote by a news reporter perceived Londers as innocent victims . It also clearly promoted in the new brief that the nation has a role to honor the victims like they were victims of war . While the world tunes in to BBC or CNN and get the latest hour by hour news on their iPod 's , the suspected terrorists are shown on the television screens and add to the increasing negativity of the public against people in the middle east . The situation becomes so scary that even peaceful loving Pakistan nationalities in London are accepting the fact that they might be questioned by modern Sherlock Holmes , with their finger prints and DNA sampled by CSI operatives . The plot of media 's role in developing criminality perception thickens

The role of media in the issue of crime can be seen in two levels First , media projects what crime is . Crime is anything that brings someone to jail , gets somebody dead , makes someone unhappy in the many forms media can depict . Crime is definitely scary and always violent The news , movies and television attain high ratings when they showcase programs that are more violent , depict corrupted politicians and police super heroes and blood and gore of villains . But these visualizations do not exactly and precisely educate the audience what crime is . At best the audience learns that when the police arrests them , they have the right to remain silent . But what is crime

What is classified as a crime is supposed to reflect the values of society and to reinforce those values . If an...