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1st semester

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19:00 – 21:50

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  • The media is said to play a vital part in facilitating the public's conceptions of crime - shaping people's images, heightening their fears and anxieties over particular "types of people and behaviour," and demanding policymakers and politicians to “do something about it." Consequently, these demands to "do something" shape social control policies. This course is designed to look at the different ways media shape our ideas and responses to crime by examining the local popular press, international media and the entertainment industry.

    1. Recognize how the media assembles crime and criminal justice stories, especially in relation to particular types of behaviour and people

    2. Explain and apply theories about the media's role in the definition and construction of crime and social control responses

    3. Demonstrate expertise of a specific chosen crime or deviance issue by engaging in intensive, independently researched reflective writing

    4. Synthesize, design and inspire discussions on current issues and problems related to media’s impact on our understanding of chosen crime or deviance issue via presentation of media product


  • Tasks

    Weighting

    Portfolio writing (individual work)

    40%

    Final project (individual work)

    25%

    Final project (group work)

    35%


    1. Hayes, R. M., & Luther, K. (2018). # Crime: Social Media, Crime, and the Criminal Legal System. Springer.
      https://link-springer-com.eproxy.lib.hku.hk/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-89444-7

    2. The course syllabus lists other required readings for this course. Below are some supplemental, but not required readings, for students who are interested in reading further about media and crime.

    1. Greer, C. (Ed.). (2019). Crime and Media: A Reader. London: Routledge      https://doi-org.eproxy.lib.hku.hk/10.4324/9780367809195

    2. Jewkes, Y. (2015). Media and Crime. London: Sage

    3. Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture and Crime Media Culture: An International Journal for articles on crime, the media and popular culture.

Offer Semester
Lecture Day
Lecture Time
Venue
Credits awarded
1st semester
Friday
19:00 – 21:50
TT404
6
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