The DC Snipers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo are the archetypes of how serial killers impact the community because the duo was able to inspire fear, remain on the run, and commit heinous crimes. Using a content analysis I will be using 30 newspapers clipping to determine how the spree killing effected the community in the areas where the crimes took place. I will be using sources for background information about media portrayal of things that happen in their communities, also I will be using other sources for background information telling me how other cases similar to the one I am studying effected their community. Lee, Matthew and Erica Depart. 2007. “The Influence Of A Serial Killer On Changes In Fear Of Crime And The Use Of Protective
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Haggerty, K. D. 2009. “Modern Serial Killers.” Crime, Media, Culture 168–87. This article by Keven Haggerty focuses on the study of serial killers. This article talks about the biography of certain offenders, also it talks about how is has been known to downplay social, historical, and cultural context. This source looks at six modern day phenomena related to serial killers. The two modern phenomena that will be beneficial in my research is the one about the mass media coverage and publicity, and the second one is that society can be engineered by the suspect’s crime spree. These play a crucial part in my research because I will be using a content analysis on the media and how the killers affect the community and make them change or engineer the citizens. This will be great background information to know prior to getting into too much depth because it shows us that the media coverage making the killers celebrities during the crime spree and the ability to engineer society helps make the killers …show more content…
Breland, Alfiee. 1999. “‘The’ True’ Perpetrators Of Violence: The Effects of the Media on Public Perceptions of Youthful Violent Offenders. This paper talks about the perpetrators of school violence and how the media stereotypes the offenders. Even though this topic is different from my topic it still shows the strength of the media on the public showing that the media can suggest stereotypes to the community and be believed. It shows that the mass media has strong affects on the community in this case it created a youthful violent offender stereotype. This will compliment my topic because in this article it shows how strong the media’s portrayal of something can be. This source will give some background information about how much pull the media has on its local community. Warr, Mark and Mark Stafford. n.d. “Fear Of Victimization: A Look at the Proximate Causes.” Social Forces 1033–33.This article is about the proximate causes of fear. In this source it states that some of the causes of fear are physical, social, and demographic characteristics of the neighborhood also the media coverage of the
Haggerty, K. D. 2009. “Modern Serial Killers.” Crime, Media, Culture 168–87. This article by Keven Haggerty focuses on the study of serial killers. This article talks about the biography of certain offenders, also it talks about how is has been known to downplay social, historical, and cultural context. This source looks at six modern day phenomena related to serial killers. The two modern phenomena that will be beneficial in my research is the one about the mass media coverage and publicity, and the second one is that society can be engineered by the suspect’s crime spree. These play a crucial part in my research because I will be using a content analysis on the media and how the killers affect the community and make them change or engineer the citizens. This will be great background information to know prior to getting into too much depth because it shows us that the media coverage making the killers celebrities during the crime spree and the ability to engineer society helps make the killers …show more content…
Breland, Alfiee. 1999. “‘The’ True’ Perpetrators Of Violence: The Effects of the Media on Public Perceptions of Youthful Violent Offenders. This paper talks about the perpetrators of school violence and how the media stereotypes the offenders. Even though this topic is different from my topic it still shows the strength of the media on the public showing that the media can suggest stereotypes to the community and be believed. It shows that the mass media has strong affects on the community in this case it created a youthful violent offender stereotype. This will compliment my topic because in this article it shows how strong the media’s portrayal of something can be. This source will give some background information about how much pull the media has on its local community. Warr, Mark and Mark Stafford. n.d. “Fear Of Victimization: A Look at the Proximate Causes.” Social Forces 1033–33.This article is about the proximate causes of fear. In this source it states that some of the causes of fear are physical, social, and demographic characteristics of the neighborhood also the media coverage of the