Commodity in Criminality

Parimala S

Abstract: Media plays a major part in providing news everyday and it frequently reports on crime activity. These sort of coverages leads to a greater amount of influence on people and thus leads to unhealthy status of mind and fear among the people. Media contributes to change in behavior, attitudes and character of the individuals and can influence the mores of the society. This article discusses about the amount of space given to crime news in the news media and its ill effect on the people.

Keywords: News media, Crime News, Commodity, Fear and Suspicion