電視犯罪新聞、性別與被害恐懼感之關聯性研究

The Relationship among Sex, Crime News on TV, and Fear of Crime

報導犯罪新聞主要目的是希望提醒閱聽人關心社會問題以注意自身安全，再者藉由刑案偵破來彰顯法理正義。但是近來台灣電視犯罪新聞內容與則數有逐漸增加之趨勢，對於社會大眾而言，上述功能減弱，取而代之的恐是被害恐懼感。因此，本研究試圖分析台灣電視犯罪新聞中經常出現的各項影音元素，進而探討男女閱聽人在收視相關的內容後，是否會引發不安的情緒，而閱聽人性別與不安程度間呈現何種關聯性。根據本研究發現，女性閱聽人在收看電視犯罪新聞之後感到不安的情緒，要較男性來得明顯強烈，同時女性的被害恐懼感也高出男性甚多，顯示電視犯罪新聞容易造成女性閱聽人恐慌，擔心自己成為下一個犯罪被害人。

The function of reporting crime news is to warn people to care about social problems and to be more aware of their personal safety. Furthermore, news reports of crime crackdowns are to protect the justice. But in Taiwan, the content and quantity of crime news on TV has been increasing recently. For the public, this function of protecting justice is weakening. Even more, the situation could induce fear of crime in the public. Therefore this study analyzes the content of crime news on Taiwanese television in order to learn if this image induces uneasiness and if there is a difference in reaction between female and male audience. The results of the study showed, after the reception of television crime news, females were more uneasy than that of males. Furthermore, females reported higher levels of fear of crime than did males.