Sunday, March 16, 2008
Insia Saleh---Thesis 2
Excessive media coverage surrounding violent incidents is a factor in promoting more of them, as some people get ideas that they can commit such crimes and second, covering the same story over and over again increases the chances that such incidents will occur. Thus, media have an influence in just the way they report the stories.
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I like this, but wonder if we can push it still further--that is, it seems to me that the media is in a kind of bind: they are supposed to tell us the news and yet at the same time can rightly be accused of promoting the very people who commit the worst crimes. How, I wonder, can they go about their jobs if they aren't to risk this promotion? Are we asking them to censor themselves? And where do we (or they) draw the line?
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