Deviancy Amplification and Moral Panics: Cohen

Question 1

Which 2 youth cultures did Cohen research?

Answer 1

Mods and Rockers

Question 2

What did the mods and rockers do?

Answer 2

They fought each other on beaches

Question 3

What is it called if a group is stagmatised by the media?

Answer 3

Folk Devils

Question 4

Who were the Folk Devils in Cohen’s Study?

Answer 4

Mods and Rockers

Question 5

What did Cohen find about the fights?

Answer 5

They were not actually very violent

Question 6

What did the media do with their reports of the mods and rockers fights?

Answer 6

They made it seem like they were very violent

Question 7

What was created due to the media reports on mods and rockers?

Answer 7

A Moral Panic

Question 8

What was the result of the moral panic over mods and rockers?

Answer 8

Young people wanted to get involved in the fights

Question 9

What was the impact of more people getting involved in the fights because of the moral panic in relation to the police?

Answer 9

The police dealt with these fights more frequently