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This is a 10 page paper comparing two newspaper articles: one which reported low consensus deviance (smoking); and one which reported high consensus deviance (murder). Two articles were found published within the last two weeks in the Toronto Star which provided a good contrast in reporting styles, intended audience, and low and high consensus deviance. One article, the low consensus deviance article on Canadian youth smoking was written by a Toronto Star reporter and provided a fairly distant, highly statistical account of a recent survey taken. The second article, the high consensus deviance article reporting a murder in California by two brothers is considered more sensational in content and was mass distributed by the Associated Press. The reason why it would be of interest in Toronto may be because of the inclusion of the television show The Sopranos as an influence on the boys’ crime.
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provided a good contrast in reporting styles, intended audience, and low and high consensus deviance. The fact that the articles appeared relatively close together in time suggests that little in
regards to editorial staff changes would have taken place at the Toronto Star and the appearance and wording of the two articles would be strictly based on only content considerations.
One article, the low consensus deviance article on Canadian youth smoking was written by a Toronto Star reporter and provided a fairly distant, highly statistical account of a recent survey
taken. The second article, the high consensus deviance article reporting a murder in California by two brothers is considered more sensational in content and was mass distributed by the Associated
Press. The reason why it would be of interest in Toronto may be because of the inclusion of the television show The Sopranos as an influence on the boys crime.
In addition to the example articles, the electronic journal database "ELibrary" was searched to find sources on social theories of deviance within
peer-reviewed publications. The sources found on social theories of deviance were then related to the example articles of low and high consensus deviance reported in the Toronto Star. ii.) Summary
of the Articles Elaine Careys January 20, 2003 article entitled "Smoking risks obvious to young" accounts for an example of a low consensus deviant media column. The essence of her
article is the fact that the youth in Canada are slowly realizing the health hazards of smoking and half of the 15 to 24 year olds surveyed are trying to
quit smoking while the remainder of the population stated that they intend to quit at one point. The article cites a report released recently for National non-Smoking Week and the
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