Topic: Media misrepresenting street racing
Thats my annotated bibliography and i want the paper to match with it:
Hayward, K. J. (2009). Framing Crime: Cultural Criminology and the Image. New York: Taylor & Francis.
Street racing has over the years been on the decrease due to its negative portrayal from the media and the tough laws that have been made to control it. In his book, Hayward assignment questions to discusses how the media has represented street racing. He says theft of car parts is a major activity in street racing and hence portrays the sport as a criminal activity. The author examines the use of cars in the advertisement industry and how such advertisements contribute to media representation in the industry. Using different examples, the author covers how parts of these stories are used to showcase crime in the industry. The book can answer assignment questions to assignment questions to discuss as to whether the media represents street racing in a positive or negative light and how people involved in the activity are portrayed. The limitation of the book lies in its consideration of crime rather than media portrayal. It is however possible to understand crime and street racing.
Conley, J., & McLaren, A. T. (2009). Car troubles: critical studies of automobility and auto-mobility. Burlington: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
In their book, Conley and McLaren examine how cars relate to the social and cultural norms and how they have been viewed by the society as a whole. Using examples and case studies, different contributors show how street racers were portrayed as dissidents in society and what they considered themselves to be. The book covers how racers were portrayed negatively in the media and their significant change from rebels to respectable citizens. The book can be used to show how media coverage was negative to the racers and why street racing is sometimes dangerous. The book is however limited in that it concentrates on drag racing as a different sport from street racing. It is however a good reading on how media have misrepresented the racing community.
CBCNews. (2005, July 19). What thieves have their eyes on. Retrieved April 2, 2011, from
https://www.cbc.ca/news/background/stolen_cars/
An article by CBC news gives a list of the top ten car types that were stolen in the year 2004. The article uses statistics to show the number of most stolen vehicles and associates these vehicles with certain characteristics. It explores reasons why such vehicles could be the most stolen. It covers most stolen car types and measures that can be taken to avoid such cars from being stolen. The article portrays street racing as a reason that could have led to such cars being stolen further creating a negative image of street racing. The article is however limited by the fact that apart from the statistics used, it relies on reasoning to come to such a conclusion and does not show how racing is dangerous. It is a good article that shows how the media can misrepresent street racing.
Vaaranen, H., & Wieloch, N. (n.d). Car crashes and dead end careers: Leisure pursuits of the Finnish subculture of the kortteliralli street racing. YOUNG: Nordic Journal of Youth Research , 10 (1), 42-58.
The article by Vaaranen and Wieloch explores leisure pursuits by young people and how they often lead to end of careers for some through car crashes. In this article, the authors examine the role of street racing as a leisure activity and its effect to cultures of the youth. The article uses interviews and personal experience of the authors to highlight issues associated with street racing. The authors cover a street racing event and use narratives from their experience to make their case. This article is a good example of how the media represent street racing and also shows how dangerous the sport can be. Its limitation lies in the fact that it does not show how street racers are different from how they are perceived. The article can however show how misrepresentation and dangers of street racing.
Johnson, P. (2006, March 30). Illegal Street Racing: A Growing Problem. Retrieved April 2, 2011, from
https://searchwarp.com/swa52057.htm
An article by Johnson covers the problems associated with street racing. In the article, Johnson provides insight into how street racing occurs and gives a view of the dangerous activity. The article covers street racing and also gives recommendations of how it can be tamed to stop being a street menace. The article shows how dangerous the sport can be. By giving examples of movies and how they portray street racing, the author shows how the sport is perceived by different people. Its limitation lies in the fact that Johnson does not provide any evidence showing in what way the sport can be dangerous. A critical analysis of the article will, however, show how the media represents street racing.
Peak, K. J., & Glensor, R. W. (2004). The Problem of Street Racing. Retrieved April 2, 2011, from
https://www.popcenter.org/problems/street_racing/
This article presents street racing as an illegal activity and compares it to cruising which is mostly done by older people. The article states street racing mostly involves young people. In this case, it is important to note that drag racing, which is a form of street racing, is legal and hence not all forms of street racing are illegal. The people involved in street racing, the youth in this case, are said to careless drivers. It also portrays other vices that are said to be a consequence of street racing. However, the dangers associated with street racing are also represented in this article. Its limitation lies in the fact that it does not provide evidence to any of the allegations. It is a good article that shows how the media views street racing.
Mille, L. S., Hess, K. M., & Orthmann, C. H. (2007). Community Policing: Partnerships for Problem Solving. Belmont: Cengage Learning.
Miller et al address the issue of street racing and the problems that it poses for the community including speeding. In their book, the authors look at how community policing has helped curb illegal street racing and therefore gives insight into how street racing is perceived in the society. They look at street racing as a dangerous activity that is fuelled by adrenalin. The book covers community policing but can be used to show how society looks at street racing. Its limitation is that the book focuses on street racing as a problem rather than how the sport is perceived. It however gives insight into the dangers of street racing.
CQResearcher. (2011). Childhood and Adolescence in Society: Selections from Cq Researcher. Thousand Oaks: SAGE.
According to CQ Researcher, street racing has been perceived as a dangerous activity particularly considering the number of deaths that occur during such races. Street racing, the author says, had been reported as a serious problem that was on the increase due to the success of certain films like The Fast and The furious. The author also argues that this activity uses resources like roads and is therefore undesirable. The author cites a general motors advertisement that attracted criticism as it was deemed reckless and unsafe.
Lendon, B. (2008, January 22). Addicted to the rush of the race. Retrieved April 2, 2011, from
https://articles.cnn.com/2008-01-22/us/street.racing_1_illegal-street-teen-bicyclist-racers?_s=PM:US
In this article, Lendon of CNN highlights a street racer who survived after an accident. Considering the negative media attention given to street racing, it is important to note that the racer was not a criminal and hence the view that street racers are bad people is discredited. The article also covers events leading to the race and shows that it was not ill intended. It also accurately shows the dangers of the sport. It is therefore important to note that not all racers are criminals and therefore shows that these groups and the sport have been misunderstood.
Sax, L. (2009). Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men. New York: Basic Books.
The book by Sax covers a topic on street racing, stating its dangers and how it has affected the male child population. The author gives an example of media coverage in street racing where some people were killed as a result of the sport. Although the book is primarily concerned with the boy child as having been lost in his search for leisure, it however shows the dangers that street racing can pose not only for racers, but even for spectators. It also makes an attempt to show why street racers are not bad people as depicted in the media.