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

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 agen...

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Main Authors: Rayeheh Alitavoli, Ehsan Kaveh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-07-01
Series:Societies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/8/3/58