本研究將從殺人犯罪新聞的報導量切入,媒體透過議題設定理論框架了民眾對於殺人犯罪新聞的關注,而過往的研究指出民眾被害恐懼感產生的因素包含犯罪新聞報導與社會治安,而當民眾的被害恐懼感產生後,接著便會認為目前台灣治安狀況不甚理想,進而支持重刑化的刑事政策。因此,本研究之目的欲探討台灣在2013年民眾重刑態度達到高峰,而全國治安滿意度卻非最低,是否是受到殺人犯罪新聞報導量的影響。 本研究採用2014年廢除死刑推動聯盟「台灣民眾對死刑的態度與相關價值調查研究」所蒐集之資料進行次級資料分析,研究結果發現(一)在未考慮媒體報導因素的情況下,治安滿意度與重刑態度雖呈現負相關,但無統計顯著性。(二)當考量媒體報導交互因素後,認為媒體殺人新聞報導量過高、治安滿意度高者,持有顯著重刑態度。(三)全國治安滿意度與媒體報導量的交互關係,可透過比較重刑態度的平均數分為四組,第一組主觀認為報導量少且治安滿意度低者與第四組主觀認知報導量多但治安滿意度高者兩組的重刑態度平均數是較低的;第二組主觀認為報導量少但治安滿意度高者和第三組主觀認為報導量多且治安滿意度低者的重刑態度平均數是較高的。因此,本研究證明殺人犯罪新聞報導量,的確對民眾治安滿意度與重刑態度關係有調節作用。
The study intends to explore if the severe public punitive attitudes are related the low public satisfaction on safety and how the perceived media coverage of homicide crime news changes this relationship. By analyzing the secondary data “2014 Survey research on Attitudes toward Death Penalty and Related Values in Taiwan” conducted by the Academia Sinica, the study finds that, when media effect was not considered, the public satisfaction on community safety and punitiveness were negatively but insignificantly correlated; secondly, when considering the moderator effect of perceived homicide crime news coverage, the main effects of homicide crime news coverage and public satisfaction on community safety were both independently positive correlated with puninitiveness. The results also indicate group 1 (perceived low homicide crime news coverage and low public satisfaction on community safety) shared the similar punitive attitudes with group 4 (perceived high homicide crime news coverage and high satisfaction on community safety). On the other hand, group 2 (perceived low homicide crime news coverage and high satisfaction on community safety) shared the similar lenient punishment attitudes with group 3 (perceived high homicide crime news coverage and low satisfaction on community safety). The study concludes that the perceived homicide crime news coverage had a significantly mediate effect on the relationship between public satisfaction on community safety and their punitive attitudes.