Tuesday 15 July 2008

My letter

I created a letter to be sent on to some newspapers today, I am hoping to gain a response from people to add to my critical research.

Can this count for primary research by the way??

Knife crime can be seen as a very common thing now creating moral panic amongst the public. But although it could be a number of reasons that teenagers feel the need to carry knives in public, could one of the reasons possibly be the media coverage it gets? Although we may not think it, but there are some people in the world who get a kick out of knowing their crime has made it into the national news, elsewhere other teenagers are worried that they may become a victim themselves and want to carry knives for 'protection'. With knife crime being everywhere, in films aimed at teenagers, newspapers and television, teenagers may feel the media is advertising knife crime so to speak causing the numbers to increase.

that ok?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Go for it.

P.s have a read of this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deviancy_amplification_spiral

DW