Media And Fear Of Crime

The correlation between media and fear of crime has been study and there has both been positive and negative correlations. Most studies do conclude that media can have an impact on one’s perception of fear of crime and even the potential of feeling victimization through the media. Media can leave the impression that violent crimes can be random and inexplicable (Kohm et al., 2012). The only form of media that has been found not to have a significant impact is the newspaper. Whereas the news channel provides the most impact. Furthermost local news stations will begin the evening news with a story focusing on a crime. Nearly one-third of the news stories focuses on a crime (Kohm et al., 2012). Many studies even question if there are direct experiences

Although it also shows that neither are dependent on each other but instead they can create a chain reaction. When the direct experience of crime is missing the next closest thing that one views is media (Custers & Van den Bulck, 2011). Media is even in the form of the internet. Today millions of people use the internet to view other people’s lives through various research. Nowadays the use of dating sites is also becoming very popular among various age groups. Fascinating enough fear levels would increase when the internet was used for dating and social networking (Kohm et al., 2012). As why one may develop fear of crime or feel victimize through the use of media is still yet to be defined. For now, we have implications that show we can internalize the fear seen or felt through the use of media. By internalizing these feelings, we create a subconscious connection through the media of a crime they may not have direct impact on us. A plausible reason as to why we may internalize indirect crimes is because we have experienced similar situations in regard to self or personal

All of which plays an important role in characterizing each perceived risk that you have. These three levels are social motive, self-efficacy, and authenticity. Self-worth should be defined as the degree to which individuals feel positive about themselves. And self -esteem is the negative and positive attitude that individuals have of themselves (Stets & Burke, 2014). To identify your true self, you must first be able to open up to yourself and view yourself as another person. One can identify themselves through role, social, and person identities, all of which help define who we are and why we may be afraid of crime (Stets & Burke, 2014). By opening up to these ideas and various identities you will then be able to define you are. Thus, a situation in dealing with victimization will help you process through it. When knowing who you are as a person in times of victimization or dealing with fear of crime, you can become aware of other things. The person then is concerned with being one’s true self in a situation, thus they forget their performance or being accepted (Stets & Burke,