The Role of the Media and Activists in the Claims making Process

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The Role of the Media and Activists in the Claims making Process
Role of media & activists in the claim-making process
Activists play the primary role of making the primary claim about a situation. As individuals who engage in activism efforts geared towards promoting, preventing, prevailing, or directing any issue, they call attention by identifying the problem, providing data and statistics to define it, and justifying the need for action to implement a solution (Hoynes 479-485). Media plays a crucial role in framing issues highlighted by social actors. As the primary custodian of publicity, the media transforms a claim made or directed to them by social actors into a shorter and more dramatic claim that shapes and influences the public’s opinion on its significance to society, thereby necessitating public discussion and action (Hoynes 479-485).
The social construction of crime and its effect on those who commit a crime and society.
           Crime is considered a social construct as actions defined as crime result from social processes that vary depending on the biases of who is defining it and the constantly changing laws (Kappeler & Potter). As a construct founded on social reality as interpreted and concluded by other people, crime is created by human beings who make discrepancies, identify differences, engage in behavior, analyze its effects, and pass judgment on whether the action is desirable or unacceptable. Thus, when people in power create fear of particular behavior they perceive as harmful, they distort the reality of what harm is, causing individuals engaging in acceptable behavior suddenly be designated as criminals as their conduct is deemed unacceptable. As a result, perceived criminals endure ridicule and stigma of being identified as criminals, and since shunning away the new identity is impossible, they embrace it and become criminal masterminds. Society understands crime as a necessary social construct (Kappeler & Potter). While laws define crime based on social factors and situations people in power experience, bringing about social order and control by solving the problem of crime makes them acceptable.
Foucault’s concept of heterotopia and how social construction and socialization relate to deviance, crime, and the social problem process.
According to Michael Foucault, H...