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Understanding Deviance, Crime, Social Control, and Mass Media
The Construction of Social Order
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2022
Summary
In Understanding Deviance, Crime, Social Control, and Mass Media: The Construction of Social Order Sebahattin Ziyanak examines parental responsibility for their children’s development. Contributors to the volume summarize the functionalist perspective of deviance, the function of crimes, and how these perspectives have influenced the development of Emile Durkheim’s work like anomie and then turn their attention to fear of crime in regard to social order. An in-depth examination of how the Tennessean newspaper The City Paper and its readers’ comments frame the coverage of the Kurdish Pride Gang. Contributions to the volume also provide insight into pluralism and politicized religion. Ziyanak assess and compares the theories of differential association, low self-control, and Black’s theory of social control for explaining deviance. Focus on fear and risk perceptions of terrorism are touched upon as well the account of communication media technology and how it influences culture, control, as well as deviance. Contributors also address how the development of technology has affected the nature of deviance and social control and what is the impact of media use among the young children. Lastly examined is how the sociological imagination of the individuals living in southeastern Turkey is constructed through the movie, The Bliss.
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Copyright year
2022
ISBN-Print
978-0-7618-7314-3
ISBN-Online
978-0-7618-7315-0
Publisher
Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
118
Product type
Edited Book
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Contents No access
Introduction No access
The Role of (In)Sufficient Parental Activity and Family Structure on Adolescent Substance Use No access Pages 1 - 12
Functionalist Theories of Deviance No access Pages 13 - 22
Fear of Crime in the United States No access Pages 23 - 32
Kurdish Pride Gang in Nashville Tennessee No access Pages 33 - 44
Social Order No access Pages 45 - 56
Views on Terrorism No access Pages 57 - 64
Fear and Risk Perceptions of College Students Regarding Terrorism No access Pages 65 - 84
The Impact of Technology on Deviance and Social Control No access Pages 85 - 90
Media Viewing, Child Development and Policy Implications No access Pages 91 - 100
The Portrayal of the Kurds in the Turkish Media No access Pages 101 - 112
Index No access Pages 113 - 114
About the Editor and Contributors No access Pages 115 - 118
