Interactionist

Question 1

Cohen

Answer 1

• group is labelled by media as threat to society’s values creating folk devil
• mods rode Vespas and were more put together and feminised whereas rockers wore leather and rode motorbikes
• first fight at Clapton on sea exaggerated by media despite minimal damage
• second at Brighton with reporters encouraging violence ‘elderly people fleeing their homes’

Question 2

Fawbert

Answer 2

• newspaper report on hoodies
• hoodies to describe a young thug, blue water shopping centre caused outrage by banning shoppers who wore hoodies and baseball caps
• Tony Blair vowed to clamp down on antisocial behaviour perpetrated by hoodies and media seized this and hoodies became a symbol of mischief

Question 3

Goode and Ben Yehuda

Answer 3

• five elements to moral panic: concern (about negative effect on society), hostility (became folk devils due to societal division), consensus (acceptance they pose a societal threat), disproportionality (to actual threat), volatility (stories disappear quick)
  Eg. Boris Johnson wanting to reduce knife crime as news reporting encouraged public perception that it’s increasing and action needs to be taken