Explore the ways mainstream news and media outlets cover crime stories. Specifically, you will examine the ways in which these media sources create, change, or perpetuate crime myths and learn how political ideologies influence the ways in which the stories are reported.
Review the news media examples listed below. The links will take you directly to the crime or justice section of each site.
Crime & Courts (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., Fox News: Retrieved from http://www.foxnews.com/us/crime/index.html CNN: (Links to an external site.)Links to an extemal site. Retrieved from http://www.cnn.com/specials/us/crime-and-justice Huffpost Crime (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., Huffington Post: Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/crime/ Next, find a story that is being covered by all three news outlets. Do the following:
Identify the topic being covered. Compare and contrast the way each outlet presents the information about the story. Utilizing just the story from each outlet (do not include any outside information) determine what would be the best policy outcome. For this part, you should come up with three policy proposals based solely on the information presented in each article. Write each proposal in one paragraph at most. Explain in what ways your three proposals are similar and different and explain why.
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