Abstract
This paper explores the framing of topics of crime, justice, and victimization in news media with specific reference to India. It focuses on large-scale events, protests, and general stories of crime and justice that resulted in extensive news coverage in the national and international press, and identifies the concerns about ideological leanings that frame narratives often reflecting preferred biases rather than principled positions. It explores the impact of social media in setting the agenda for the news media and the increased potential for errors. Lastly, it includes a discussion on journalists becoming micro-celebrities on social media and the compulsions of echo chambers within which many function, and thus struggle to correct news stories even after the errors are identified. Conceptually, the paper draws heavily from the field of visual criminology.
Presenters
Divya SharmaProfessor, Justice and Law Administration, Western Connecticut State University, United States
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
2022 Special Focus—Democratic Disorder: Disinformation, the Media and Crisis in a Time of Change
KEYWORDS
VISUAL CRIMINOLOGY, NEWS MEDIA LEGITIMACY, INDOPHOBIA, ETHNOCENTRISM, CULTURAL COMMUNICATION
