Media And Moral Panics Flashcards
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What is Goffman’s main viewpoint? (DA)
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Deviance Amplification - How the media enlarge stories for money I.E. Football Hooligans and Mods and Rockers
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What is Cohen’s main viewpoint? (M+R)
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Cohen showed that the media played a huge role in creating moral panics, his main study was the mods and rockers and how this developed through the media.
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Summaries the study on Football Hooligans?
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This is a great example of media panics and deviance amplification - firms becoming more and more relevant in football after the media covers them. Football fans are middle class males and therefore are likely to get involved with football hooliganism.
