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The U.S. Media’s Effect on Public’s Crime Expectations: A Cycle of Cultivation and Agenda-Setting Theory

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  • Rayeheh Alitavoli

    (Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran, Tehran 1439814411, Iran)

  • Ehsan Kaveh

    (Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Tehran 1411713114, Iran)

Abstract

This article discusses the effect of media on the American people’s rising fear of crime despite a gradual fall in crime statistics in the U.S. The article employs Gerbners cultivation theory, the agenda-setting theory and the social construction of reality to present the accumulative agenda effect model that explains how the U.S. public’s perception of crime can surpass actual crime statistics through constant media exposure of crime news.

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  • Rayeheh Alitavoli & Ehsan Kaveh, 2018. "The U.S. Media’s Effect on Public’s Crime Expectations: A Cycle of Cultivation and Agenda-Setting Theory," Societies, MDPI, vol. 8(3), pages 1-9, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsoctx:v:8:y:2018:i:3:p:58-:d:159828
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