From Imitation to Intimidation: a Note on the Curious and Changing Relationship Between the Media, Crime and Fear of Crime

By J. Ditton, D. Chadee, Stephen Farrall, E. Gilchrist, J. Bannister. 2004

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Multilevel Impacts of Perceived Incivilities and Perceptions of Crime Risk on Fear of Crime (2008, background): “Although intuition suggests a relationship between the media and fear, Ditton et al. (2004) asserted that “an actual relationship has been discovered surprisingly infrequently” (p. 595).”
A psychological perspective on vulnerability in the fear of crime (2009, background): “Thus far it has been difficult to isolate unambiguous effects of the mass media (Ditton, Chadee, Farrall, Gilchrist, & Bannister, 2004 ; Hale, 1996 ).”
Crime, fear and subjective well-being: How victimization and street crime affect fear and life satisfaction (2013, background): “Evidence concerning the media–fear link in general is mixed (Ditton et al., 2004).”
Framing homicide narratives in newspapers: Mediated witness and the construction of virtual victimhood (2006, background): “Traditionally, concerns about social emotions have been raised in relation to the role of the media in promoting fear of and about crime (Reiner, 2002: 399–402; Ditton et al., 2004).”