According to the Text,what Does the Saying,"if It Bleeds,it Leads

question 22

Multiple Choice

According to the text,what does the saying,"if it bleeds,it leads" demonstrate about the media's crime coverage?

• A) Crime is important to news stories.
• B) The focus is on other people's tragedies.
• C) The profit motive has no conscience.
• D) It shows sensationalizing of private matters.

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Definitions:

Societies

Groups of individuals living together in organized communities with shared laws, traditions, and values.

Techniques Of Neutralization

Are the rationalizations that deviants and criminals use to justify their activities. Techniques of neutralization make deviance and crime seem normal, at least to the deviants and criminals themselves.

White-Collar Crime

Non-violent crime committed by individuals, typically professionals or businesspeople, during the course of their occupation, often involving financial malfeasance or fraud.

Primary Group

A small social group characterized by close, personal relationships, enduring for a long period.