All Interactionist Youth Culture Studies Flashcards
Who did Cohen cover?
The mods and rockers
What deviant action did the mods and rockers do?
They fought each other
How did the media respond to the mods and rockers’ actions?
They created a moral panic over it
Who were the folk devils in Cohen’s study?
The mods and rockers
What did the media do by reporting on the mods and rocker fights in newspapers?
They sensationalised it
Why did more young people join in with the mods and rockers fights after they saw it in the newspaper?
They wanted to get their own 5 minutes of fame
What concept did Cohen say occurred with the media reporting on the mods and rockers fighting?
Deviancy amplification
Who did Becker say was more likely to be negatively labelled?
Working class boys
What did Becker say will happen to the label given to someone by a figure of authority?
It will become a master status
What is a master status?
A label that overrides all other characteristics of someone
What does Becker say will happen to someone with a master status over time?
They will become a self-fulfilling prophecy
What is a self-fulfilling prophecy?
When someone fully embodies the label they have been given
According to Becker, what label are people given if they are deviant?
Outsiders
According to Becker, what will it mean if someone is labelled as an outsider by a figure of authority?
It will become their master status
What will it mean when someone becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy with the “outsider” label?
They will not be able to integrate back into society
Which Interactionist said negative labels were more likely to stick with specific types of shaming?
Braithwaite
What 2 types of shaming does Braithwaite say there are?
Disintegrative Shaming, Reintegrative Shaming
How is someone labelled in reintegrative shaming?
Their behaviour is labelled as bad
How is someone labelled in disintegrative shaming?
They are a bad person
What will be less likely to happen to someone if they experience disintegrative shaming?
They will not reflect on their behaviour
Who did Chambliss study?
The Saints and The Roughnecks
What was the social class of the Saints?
Upper middle class
What was the social class of the Roughnecks?
Working class
Where did the Saints commit their deviant acts?
In another town
Where did the Roughnecks commit their deviant acts?
In their home town
In Chambliss’ study, which deviant subculture was more negatively labelled?
The Roughnecks
Which deviant subculture in Chambliss’ study was not negatively labelled?
The Saints
How did the Saints go on in life when they became adults?
They were successful
How many Roughnecks turned to crime when they became adults?
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What concept did Reiner create?
Canteen culture
What is canteen culture?
The idea that police officers create their own racist norms and values on their lunch break
What do police officers do with the norms created in canteen culture?
They are used in their work as police officers
According to police officers, what is the impact for black people of canteen culture?
They are more likely to be stopped and searched
Which Interactionist found black students were being treated more harshly by their teachers?
Gillborn
Why did the black students create an anti-school subculture in Gillborn’s study?
To resist the harsh treatment by teachers
Which concept did Sewell create which said teachers saw black students more negatively?
Black Machismo
What does the Black Machismo say?
Teachers are more likely to see black students as threatening
Which moral panic did Fawbert study?
The Hoodies
How did a shopping centre respond to the Hoodies moral panic?
They banned anyone wearing a hoodie from entering
How did the media use the word “hoodie”?
They used it to label all deviant behaviour
What happened to hoodie sales during the Hoodies moral panic?
Hoodie sales increased
