文档介绍：10/24/2012
• Transgresses fact and fiction (Schlesigner
and Tumber, 1994)
• Inspired by sources from:
– Britain (Police Five)
– America (America’s Most Wanted)
– Germany (Akenzeichen XY… Ungelost)
• The format and content
Lecture Format Crimewatch UK
• Introduction – media and horrific crimes • Do not use reconstructions simply to attract or entertain
• Review of ‘crimewatching’ on TV audiences
• Examination of Crimewatch – history, format, victims and • Do not reconstruct detail which there is no reason to
offenders believe actually occurred
• The cult of American crime TV – CSI and Law & Order a • Filming techniques must not frighten or disturb
different kind of ‘effects’ issue audiences
• Exploration of crime films – serial killer and psycho
movies and gangster films • Do not reveal details which could lead to copycat crimes
• Brief review of the causal link between violent video • All reconstructions must be clearly signalled
games and aggression violence • Reconstructions must minimise the distress caused to
• Why blame the mass media for aggression/violence – victims of crime, or their relatives
the evidence is assessed • Do not glamorise crime or criminals
(Pengelly, 1999, cited in Jewkes, 2004:154)
Introduction Crimewatch Tensions
• Various forms of media have been • Tension between information and
attributed to ‘infamous’