Open AccessThe mutual encouragement of the fear of crime and the security industry: The example of film narratives and electronic home security systems
Author(s) -
Vladimira Ilić
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
etnoantropološki problemi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2334-8801
pISSN - 0353-1589
DOI - 10.21301/eap.v9i1.6
Subject(s) - premise , fear of crime , feeling , narrative , panic , computer security , fear of falling , security system , falling (accident) , home security , everyday life , sociology , psychology , social psychology , internet privacy , law , computer science , political science , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , anxiety , epistemology , art , medical emergency , medicine , philosophy , literature , psychiatry
In a culture of fear, everyday life is experienced through the feeling of safety, part of which can be secured through certain electronic home security systems. Three films – Unlawful Entry (1992), Panic Room (2002) and When a Stranger Calls (2006) – will be used as examples in the attempt to consider the relationship between the fear of criminal activity – in this case break ins – and electronic home security systems. The basic premise of the research is that the culturally manufactured fear encourages the electronic home security system industry, the presence of which can, in turn, exasperate one’s fear of the risk of falling victim to violent crime.