i tweet, therefore i am.

 I think my consumption of crime and media news is relatively typical for a person my age studying Criminology. In so, I have pricked up my ears to crime-related news in the media a considerable amount since the beginning of the course. In our day and age the world has moved on in terms of media consumption, and because crime stories dominate the media, more crime-related news is being consumed in turn.

 I like to think that I'm an old-fashioned kind of gal; I still buy CD's and I don't even own an iPhone; but why not take advantage of a world that allows us to have a whole cyber world of information at our fingertips, quite literally (excuse the bad pun). I can't remember the last time I bought an actual, tangible newspaper. I'm pretty sure it was around the time that the Starbucks in my area closed down, where you could pick up The Herald for fifty cents with your latte. Now it seems far more conveniant (and cheaper) to browse through the seeminlgy endless amount of news content online. When Alyce told us in the lecture on Monday that there is the possibility that press companies might start charging us to view their online news I felt my heart break a little on the inside.

 I don't watch alot of TV, I prefer TV on DVD and go through phases of watching an assortment of shows, none of which have been crime fiction shows. If there's nothing much on TV I tend to go with watching the crime 'faction' shows such as Border Security and RBT. I hate to admit that I don't hate the reality shows. However, I do make an effort to watch the evening news and even more so when a major event is taking place, such as the upcoming state election.

 On the flipside, I find that it is sometimes hard to avoid the news when particular incident has been blown up by the media. The face of football player Benji Marshall has been plastered all over the news since he was charged with assault last Saturday. It's only natural to assume the excessive media coverage of this story is due to the celebrity status of Marshall. Stories of violent crimes such as this one, are difficult to avoid in the news.

 Moreover, social networking sites, such as facebook and twitter, which are used widely amongst the general public, provide a platform for personal opinion on such matters of crime. I find that even on these sites, news of current crime events is prominent. Only today did I see someone post:

' So are the police going to charge the 'victim' of Benji Marshall's punch for racial vilification? I don't agree with violence but what would you do?'

 This was one of the more nicely-put personal opinions.

  




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