Media In Criminal Justice Essay

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Media plays an important role in the Criminal Justice System. It is an intermediate between the public and the crimes cases that takes place in the society. It has influencing powers and can influence the public in many ways. They can instil fear of crimes in the mind of people by their way of presentation of the crime. Since media is the most popular source of information therefore it has greater penetration power into each and every house. When media covers any criminal case they give all the detailing of the case at to the age of the victim, his whereabouts, reason for crime etc. People relate those detailing with themselves and their surrounding which leads to anxiety and tension. They live in fear that they could also become victims of such crimes. …show more content…

the thoughts and views of the media regarding certain cases are dominated by political parties. Sometimes the media is not able to report certain news because those are politically influenced. If media reports any news which is in anyway detrimental to any politician or the political party then the media has to suffer a lot. When elections are due then politicians takes the help of the media to portray their efficacy as a leader. They give interviews or participate in debates to woe the public with the help of the media. Over the past few years the media has becomes biased to a particular party. They favour a particular party because the leaders of the party pay huge amounts to the media enterprises in the form of donations, renovations etc. The media thus becomes obliged to tell goods things about the party and its members. They do not report negative news about the party because the image of the party will be tarnished in the minds of people. Thus the media are very much biased when it comes to news associated with political parties or members in any

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