犯罪報道와 犯罪認識의 關係에 관한 硏究 : 犯罪에 대한 두려움을 中心으로 = Study on the relationship between the reports and recognition of crimes: Centering on the fear of crime

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study is started with a question about the relationship between the press' reports on crimes and the recognition of crimes. In particular, it aims to understand the correlation between the exposure to reports on crimes and the fear of crimes, on the major premise that those who have been exposed to reports on crimes have greater fear of crimes.
To accomplish the aim of this study, the present author has passed through the following procedures of research. First of all, the actual state of the press reporting crimes was determined by comparing the official statistics of crimes happening in 2005 with the crimes actually reported by the press that year. Next, a questionnaire survey was conducted to know how often about 400 students going to colleges located in Seoul encounter reports on crimes and their fear and recognition of crimes.
To begin with, previous researches into the correlation between the exposure to reports on crimes and the fear of crimes are considered in order to derive four theories about the effect of the press reporting crimes on the fear and recognition of crimes: ① the real-world theory, ② the cultivation theory, ③ the substitution theory, and ④ the resonance theory. In this study, in order to examine these theories the analysis structure is composed of two independent variables (the exposure to reports on crimes and the proximity to reports on crimes) and three dependent variables (the fear of crimes, the recognition of increase and decrease in the quantity of crimes, and the recognition of the severity of crimes).
A 7-point scale was used to measure the dependent variable of the fear of crimes felt when the students ‘walk alone on the street near to their house’ and when ‘they stay alone at home.’ A 5-point scale was also used to measure the recognition of increase and decrease in the quantity of crimes and the recognition of the severity of crimes, which comprises, more concretely, the subjects' recognition of crimes occurring in the whole society and in the region where the students live.
The findings of this study include the fact that reports on crimes do not have a direct impact on the recognition of crimes but have a greater effect only when the reports may be directly connected to the realities of individuals. Such a finding is more similar to the contention of the resonance theory than to the other theories mentioned in the above.
Despite its poor methodologies, this study is significant in the light that it suggests a need for the press to be monitored and supervised so that the press may function properly to incite fear of crimes, taking into consideration the social role of the press reporting crimes.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• 제1장 서론 = 1
• 제1절 연구의 목적 = 1
• 제2절 연구의 범위 및 방법 = 5
• 1. 연구의 범위 = 5
• 2. 연구의 방법 = 7
• 제2장 연구의 이론적 배경 = 11
• 제1절 범죄에 대한 두려움의 개관 = 11
• 1. 범죄에 대한 두려움의 의의 = 11
• 2. 범죄에 대한 두려움의 요인 = 14
• 제2절 범죄보도와 범죄두려움의 관계에 관한 이론적 배경 = 21
• 1. 범죄보도의 의의와 사회적 기능 = 22
• 2. 범죄보도와 범죄두려움의 관계에 관한 제 이론 = 29
• 3. 선행연구의 검토 = 40
• 제3절 범죄보도의 실태 = 46
• 1. 공식범죄통계상의 범죄현실 = 46
• 2. 범죄보도의 실태 = 49
• 제3장 연구의 설계 = 55
• 제1절 분석의 모델 = 55
• 1. 분석모델의 구성요소 = 55
• 2. 분석모델의 구성 = 58
• 3. 연구가설 = 60
• 제2절 주요변수의 조작화 = 61
• 1. 독립변수의 조작화 = 61
• 2. 종속변수의 조작화 = 62
• 제3절 표본추출 및 분석방법 = 64
• 1. 표본추출의 방법 = 64
• 2. 분석방법 = 65
• 제4절 측정의 타당성 및 신뢰성 검증 = 66
• 제4장 조사연구 결과의 분석 = 68
• 제1절 조사대상자의 특성 = 68
• 1. 조사대상자의 인구통계학적 특성 = 68
• 2. 조사대상자의 언론매체 이용관련 특성 = 70
• 3. 언론매체의 범죄보도에 대한 인식 = 73
• 제2절 범죄보도의 접촉빈도와 범죄인식 = 78
• 1. 범죄보도의 접촉빈도와 범죄에 대한 두려움 = 78
• 2. 범죄보도의 접촉빈도와 범죄량 증감에 대한 인식 = 79
• 3. 범죄보도의 접촉빈도와 범죄의 심각성에 대한 인식 = 82
• 제3절 범죄보도의 근접성과 범죄인식 = 86
• 1. 범죄보도의 근접성과 범죄에 대한 두려움 = 86
• 2. 범죄보도의 근접성과 범죄량의 증감에 대한 인식 = 87
• 3. 범죄보도의 근접성과 범죄의 심각성에 대한 인식 = 88
• 제4절 범죄인식에 영향을 미치는 요인 분석 = 89
• 1. 범죄보도와 범죄인식 사이의 관계 분석 = 89
• 2. 범죄보도의 근접성이 범죄인식에 미치는 영향 분석 = 95
• 제5장 결론 = 99
• 참고문헌 = 104
• ABSTRACT = 109
• 부록 : 설문지 = 112