Deviancy Amplification and Moral Panics All Studies Flashcards
What concept did Wilkins create?
Deviancy Amplification
What is Deviancy Amplification?
When reactions from the media leads to an increase of deviant behaviour
Why does the media’s reaction to something sometimes lead to deviancy amplification?
They glamourise the deviance
Give 2 examples of moral panic studies
Cohen, Fawbert
Which 2 youth cultures did Cohen research?
Mods and Rockers
What did the mods and rockers do?
They fought each other on beaches
What is it called if a group is stagmatised by the media?
Folk Devils
What did Cohen find about the fights?
They were not actually very violent
Who were the Folk Devils in Cohen’s Study?
Mods and Rockers
What did the media do with their reports of the mods and rockers fights?
They made it seem like they were very violent
What was the result of the moral panic over mods and rockers?
Young people wanted to get involved in the fights
What was created due to the media reports on mods and rockers?
A Moral Panic
What was the impact of more people getting involved in the fights because of the moral panic in relation to the police?
The police dealt with these fights more frequently
Is Fawbert an other sociologist or Interactionist?
Other sociologist
How did a shopping centre in Kent respond to the moral panic?
They banned people from wearing hoodies in the shopping centre
How was the term ‘hoodies’ used?
It was used to describe young people involved in crime
What does Young argue drugs used at the start of the hippy movement?
They only used marijuana
What happened with the police labelling impacting hippies opinion on themselves?
They became a self-fulfilling prophecy
What was an impact on the sales of hoodies from this moral panic?
They increased
What did Young argue about the use of marijuana among hippies?
It did not define their identity
Name 2 drugs the hippies were more likely to use after being labelled as outsiders
Heroin, Cocaine
What happened to hippies as the police labelled hippies as drug users?
Hippies started to see themselves as outsiders
What was the result of hippies being labelled as outsiders?
They started to be more likely to use harder drugs
What does it mean if the hippies started to see themselves as outsiders?
They were seen as being opposed in society
What did Biggs research?
The impact of the media reports on the 2011 London Riots causing other people to riot
What started the peaceful protests?
A 29 year old black man was killed by the police
Where did the riots start?
Tottenham
Name a deviant act presented in the riots by the media
Arson
Name 2 areas the riots spread to after the media reports?
Bristol, Liverpool
Was the behaviour in Hall’s study on a large scale at first?
No
Name a deviant act done in riots after the media reports
Looting
Which Neo-Marxist studied a group of black muggers?
Hall
What was the economic situation at the time of Hall’s study?
There was a recession
Why did the original black muggers in Hall’s study mug people?
To survive
In Hall’s study, what did the media create around the behaviour of black muggers?
A moral panic
What happened after the media moral panic in Hall’s study?
It caused deviancy amplification
What did Hall argue was the reason for the creation of the moral panic?
It was to divert attention from the failure of capitalism at the time
Which class of people in society own media companies?
The ruling class
What did Jackson and Tinkler study?
The moral panic created around ladette culture
What gender traits were ladettes supposedly gaining?
Masculine traits
Name one deviant behaviour the media in Jackson and Tinkler’s study said girls were adopting
Heavy drinking
According to Jackson and Tinkler, why did the media create this moral panic?
To try and get girls to go back to their traditional gender roles
Name 2 traditional female gender roles
Being caring. Being nurturing
Which culture did Thornton study?
Rave culture
What was the popularity of rage culture at the start?
It was underground
What caused rave culture to go mainstream?
The media reported on a girl dying from overdosing on ecstasy
What was the impact of the moral panic in Thornton’s study in terms of deviancy?
Deviancy amplification occurred
