Deviance And Moral Panics 📲

Question 1

Cohen (1972)

Question 2

Wilkins (1967)

Answer 2

Social deviance

Suggests that the media strengths and magnifies deviance

This creates a moral panic

Question 3

What is a moral panic?

Answer 3

A panic that threatens societies norms and value

Question 4

What are cohens processes of stages (4 things)

Answer 4

1) media uses exaggerated language to write about deviance from a group

2) public anxiety

3) authorities react (e.g police)

4) social awareness means more join the drama

Question 5

Furedi (1994)

Answer 5

Moral panic results when society fails to adapt to social changes and there is a loss of control. This reflects concerns about the nature of society

Question 6

Give some examples of moral panics

Answer 6

Child abuse
Murderers
Drug dealers
Regugees
Rapists

Question 7

Robbie (1994)- postmodernist view

Answer 7

Panics are no longer about social control but about the fear of being out of control

Question 8

Marxist view on moral panics

Answer 8

Moral panics are a form of social control they support capitalism

Question 9

Hall et al

Answer 9

Argues that moral panics against black “muggers” were created to distract from capitalist problems and take attention away from inequality