Crime - Interactionism and the media

_________________ are exaggerated, often negative ideas about what a person or group of people are like.  

• stereotypes

• labels

_______________ try to explain what happens in everyday human situations, rather than trying to explain everything about society in one grand theory.

• Interactionists

• Marxists

• feminists

• Functionalists

_______________is one of the key ideas of interactionism that has given the world of sociology.

• patriarchy

• labelling

A powerful label is also described as a master ________.

• status

• roles

 If a person is labeled, then they are likely to act in a way that justifies the label.   This can be called a self fulfilling ___________.

• situation

• prophecy

____________ an interactionist, developed the idea of a labelled criminal beginning a deviant career.

• Parsons

• Zaretsky

• Becker

• Oakley

People are influenced by what they see in the media - they inject ideas into a passive audience.  This view is called the hypodermic __________ model.

• social

• syringe

 There is a general fear that , under the influence of the media, society will become more ________.

• co-operative

• violent

____________ argue that the media can play a positive role in crime.

• interactionists

• feminists

•  functionalists

• Marxists

Functionalists also think that the media is important  in reminding people of what is wrong and right - ___________ maintenance. 

• boundary

• bonding