Fear of Crime and Media Consumption: Digging Deeper

• In Event: Media and the Internet

Abstract

Research on the relationship between media consumption and fear of crime has produced mixed results. This study reexamines and extends this research by providing greater specificity of types and sources of media consumption including the effects of new media. Using nationally representative data from wave 2 of the Chapman University Survey of American Fears, we examine the effects on fear of fictional and nonfictional crime programming, news sources, and use of social media while controlling for victimization, political affiliation, age, and other demographic factors.

Authors

• Chris Bader, Chapman University

• Cassidy Rawlinson, Chapman University

• Tyler Jones, Chapman University

• Edward Day, Chapman University