THE ROLE OF MASS MEDIA IN CRIME REDUCTION

THE ROLE OF MASS MEDIA IN CRIME REDUCTION

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1        Background of the study

The important role of mass media is transferring the way of social life as well as its teachings to the audience. Establishing mass media for the important issue of public information is an effective activity in a society that needs hardware facilities, skilled manpower, adequate funding in order to produce appropriate information and message. Today, the role of mass media in transferring different values of a society, including religious, cultural, social, economic and etc. is approved by legal, social and psychological theorists of countries. Many investors in different parts of the media have numerous goals that we can point out making profit and business, profit activities, public participation and. Which they personally provide the funding from various sources, posts and messages, and any of them has different attitude and themes. Nigeria is based on the interaction of religion and policy and we see this interaction and correlation in all elements that processing the religious beliefs in people's lives is among society values and goals (Dadgaran, 2003). It is natural that in this system, circulation information and exchange of thoughts and ideas are under the rule of the state, and it is very clearly that TV and radio as the most important and most pervasive mass media tools of Nigeria society are governmental. Other activities of the Press and informing in society even electronic database have been also monitored and this is a critical factor in advancing the government goals to announce the prevention of deviation through its most important tools. Criminologists study mass media following the social or environmental, selective or random factors crime, and emphasize on its dual roles of the crime or prevention (Meshkat Razavi, 2008; Keynia, 2007). They believe that this tool plays an important role in the development or deviation of public opinion, and is the best way to clear the mind and enlightenment of public opinion and beliefs. Thus, the nature of the mass media is in such a way that they have to exaggerate or distort facts and concepts for attracting the audience. Then, the media with selecting events and how they convey meaning and message to people, have an