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Makhdoumi A T, Esmaeili M, Haji Tabar Firuzjaei H. Examining the Impact of Media on Increasing the Sense of Insecurity and Crime from the Perspective of Citizenship Rights. MLJ 2019; 13 :267-278
URL: http://ijmedicallaw.ir/article-1-1049-en.html

Media and citizenship rights are interconnected in many ways. Considering the positive aspect, it can be asserted that in the field of citizenship life, media can spread information and awareness; and regarding the negative side, they can also be considered as making the context for the threat to citizenship by representing crime and provoking insecurity. Therefore, the media has dual impacts on the lives of citizens. However, from the aspect of examining the negative impacts of the media, one can point out their undesirable effects on increasing insecurity, fear of crime, its normalization and even the generalization of crime practices among all citizens. In this regard, the present study seeks to examine the impact of the media on increasing the sense of insecurity and crime from the perspective of citizenship law and provide solutions to counter the adverse effects of the media. From this perspective, security is regarded as one of the fundamental pillars of citizenship. The most important findings of the present study are that the media is also an agent contributing to the spread of insecurity by presenting crime, normalizing crime, fast transmission and educating criminals and thus, is considered as a threat to citizenship. Contrarily, the criminal laws of governments, the monitoring of the performance of media administrators, the need for a review of the content of media that provokes insecurity and the fear of crime, as well as the participation of citizens in monitoring and producing media content are among the solutions that can eliminate the media's undesirable effects while at the same time, defend citizenship rights. The present research is a descriptive-analytical one that utilizes documentary and library resources, papers and studies related to the subject to collect the data.

Please cite this article as: Makhdoumi AT, Esmaeili M, Haji Tabar Firuzjaei H. Examining the Impact of Media on Increasing the Sense of Insecurity and Crime from the Perspective of Citizenship Rights. Iran J Med Law, Special Issue on Human Rights and Citizenship Rights 2019; 267-278.