Citation

Näsi M, Tanskanen M, Kivivuori J, Haara P, Reunanen E. Crime Delinq. 2021; 67(4): 574-600.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0011128720922539

PMID

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Abstract

In this article, we examine the correlates of fear of violence in the cross-media landscape. The study draws on the Finnish National Crime Victim Survey (n = 6,141, respondents aged 15-74 years). First, we examine from what information and media sources respondents receive information on violent crime. We then examine how consumption of different types of media and information sources on violent crime associates with the contemporary experience of fear of street violence, avoidance behavior due to threat of violence, and perceived threat of terrorism to oneself. We also examine whether this association remains when age, gender, education, past victimization, and economic strain are adjusted for.

Language: en

Keywords

avoidance behavior; cross-media; fear of violence; perceiving terrorism as a threat to oneself; violent crime news consumption