Exam final Flashcards
Moral panics By whom the concept as been invited ?
- The concept of moral panics was first popularized in 1972 when Stanley Cohen wrote “Folk Devils and Moral Panics: The Creation of the Mods and Rockers”, published in 1973
Who are the mods & Rockers?
Mods and Rockers were two conflicting British youth subcultures of the early to mid 1960s to early 1970s.
- Was about a conflict between Mods and Rockers, in Clacton, UK on Easter Sunday, 1964.
- The two groups fought resulting in acts of vandalism and property damage.
- In the end, 97 people were arrested.
Why the situation between Mods and Rockers became a MP ?
What’s happening in the same time in Britain ?
Who’s panicking ?
Media coverage of Mods and Rockers fighting in 1964 sparked a moral panic about British youth, and the two groups became widely perceived as violent, unruly troublemakers. They were not the first group à être “disturbing”
Rise of Rock n Roll, Hippie mvt, sexual revolution, etc
Old people, conservative people, that “working/middle class”
Def of MP
What’s the role of media?
- Moral panics are a condition, episode, person or group of persons emerges to become defined as a threat to societal values and interests.
- Its nature is presented in a stylized and stereotypical fashion by the **mass media.[Definition] Media shapes societal reaction, that’s where they get the information.*
- The media’s coverage of the episode was subject to exaggeration and distortion of the facts, giving the impression the event was more violent than it actually was. By focusing on specific event*
the media work to focus our attention away from real risks and struggles.
True or false ? A moral panics is specifically framed in terms of morality and usually expressed as outrage rather them unadulterated fear over the potential misuse of some technology or practice
Les gens ont plus peur des gens qu’ils connaissent que des étrangers
Vrai
Faux
What is the longest running MP ? What benefits the police by MP ?
Internet pornography & acces to children
Legitimation de ler controle. Ils arrivent non-chalant à une sitation, prouve que tout est sous controle
Nommes 5 MP vu en classe
Camera phone – fear of people making photos in pools and gyms,
Pedophilia – fear of molesters makes for sensational news,
Poisoned candy – the poisoned Halloween scare of the early 1980s. /Razor blades in the candy
Pornography – reaction to Internet pornography in the 1990s and 2000s,
Role playing games – alleged links to devil workship and suicide
Moral panics function to support and legitimize particular kinds of social control through: (4)
Moral panics function to support and legitimize particular kinds of social control through: 1. Identifying a “social problem” 2. Simplifying its cause 3. Stigmatizing those involved 4. Stirring up public indignation or concern
Glassner’s (1999) “Social Construction
of Fear”.
- “Fear is constructed through efforts to protect against it”. - “Neither the things that people do to protect themselves individually or collectively, nor what they are protecting themselves from, necessarily reveal their true fears”
Goode and Ben Yehuda (1994) Social construction of deviance (MP) (5)
- Concern
- Hostility
- Consensus
- Disproportionality
- Volatility
Agenda Setting theory McComb and Shaw
- The agenda of the media and the public agenda are closely matched.
The media’s agenda setting function means that there is a high correlation between media and the public ordering of priorities.
Grande corrélation avec ceux qui ont du pv économique & politiques
Cltivation Theory (George Gerbner)
- TV viewing has quantitatively observable effects on the perceptual worlds of audiences. Deux choses qui vendent à tv : Sex & Violence
- Watching violence on TV creates an exaggerated belief that the world is violent or, in his words, “mean and scary”.
The Hypodermic Model
- Also known as the Magic Bullet theory
- The passive audience is injected with ideas about the world by media.
MP (4) vs Risk Society (9)
- Risk found in people
- Risks are time limited and infinitely
substitutable - Risks lead to scapegoating
- Risks are created by media
- Risk found in our environments
- Risks are not bound to space and time
- Risks are defined not for purposes of
blame but for purposes of increased
control - Risks are created by science and
knowledge
-Risk knowledges can create a culture of fear - Moral outrage is the outcome
-Moral imperatives to risk aversion are
the outcome - Moral panics can create a culture of fear
- Moral panics normally have a short life, however opportunistic politicians and some elements of the media intervene they can be prolonged.
- Some moral panics never truly die out: crime and horror comics, heavy metal, rock and roll, goth, skinheads, etc.
I, pedophile
-Militaire Charged for that. 48 months in prison, 25 counts of pornography juvenile
-THEY ARE BORN WITH IT, CANNOT -CHANGE IT. Selon lui c’est biologique.
-White tissue.
1% : 160 000 pedophile in Canada Considère juste adulte et man
Programme : COSA Circles of Support & Accountability