Moral Panic Flashcards
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Theory Idea
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process of arousing social concern over an issue
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Period
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1970s
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Discipline
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Sociology and anthropology
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Institution
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Universities, media, policy institiution, governement
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Methodology
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Media analysis (content analysis and observations)
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Social organizations
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moral panic views society: society beset with fear and mediate through mass media
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Human subjectivity
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Rational individuals but easily influenced by media discourse
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Media
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Define deviance - what group we should like and not like
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Power
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Storytelling according to a particular world view
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Critiques
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Says that media creates reality
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Key concepts
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moral enerprise, moral panic, moral entrepreneurs, moral cueaade, deviance, policy makers
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Steps in creation of moral panic
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- Condition episode, person, or group emerge as a threat to social values and interests
- nature for the threat is presented in symbolic, stereotypical ways in the mass media (structured way of telling stories)
- moral boundaries are defined by bishops, clergy, members, authorities (have monopoly on culture)
- experts enter the debate and announce possible solutions (because they’re experts we trust them)
- copying mechanisms emerge
- the conditions disappear and may remerge at a later time (several issues that may come to media and societies attention all at once or separately)
