Chapter 5: Youth Deviance and the Media: Mapping Knowledge and the Limits to Certainty

Question 1

Moral Panic

Answer 1

Exaggerated fears about social problems, including youth deviance, partly generated by the media.

Question 2

Folk Devils

Answer 2

Any group that is unjustifiably perceived to pose a threat to the traditional values and institutions of society.

Question 3

What 5 things affect official crime rates?

Answer 3

1. Report-sensitive.
2. Policing-sensitive.
3. Definition-sensitive.
4. Media-sensitive.
5. Changing trends.

Question 4

Context Analysis

Answer 4

Analyzing media content for themes such as sensationalization or distortion.

Question 5

Cultivation Hypothesis

Answer 5

The hypothesis that the media inundates the public with ideas about crime.

Question 6

Social Constructionism

Answer 6

An approach that sees social problems as constructed in the media; see moral panic.

Question 7

Convergence

Answer 7

When a current issue is framed in terms of its relation to a previous one.

Question 8

Ideological Flexibility

Answer 8

Where the portrayal of a person is ambiguous. For example, a young offender is portrayed as both villainous and victimized.

Question 9

Frame Analysis

Answer 9

Analyzing media content to see how crime and criminals are depicted.

Question 10

Critical Analysis Discourse

Answer 10

An approach in socio-linguistics that links discourse with political structure.