Moral Panics And Deveincy Amplification

Question 1

Cohen

Answer 1

Has called moral panics a situation where an individual or group is :
Labelled by the media
Defined as a threat to society’s values
Presented in a stereotypical fashion
Made a target by the local authorities
Lea h Betts from ecstasy , ravers in the 90s as a moral panic

Question 2

Goode and Ben Yehuda

Answer 2

Developed these key characteristics of moral panics :
Concern
Hostility
Consensus
Disproportionately
Volatility

Question 3

Furedi

Answer 3

Argues that moral panics arise when society fails to adapt to dramatic social changes and feel that there is a loss of control, particularly over youth
Moral panic reflect wider concerns that the older generation hold about the nature of society
Loss of traditional norms and values

Question 4

McRobbie

Answer 4

Moral panics are no longer about social control about the fear of being out of control

Question 5

McRobbie and Thornton

Answer 5

Suggests some parts of the media have become so sophisticated in understanding how deviancy amplification work that moral panics , once the unintended outcome of journalistic practice , seem to have become a goal

Question 6

Cohen - deviancy amplification

Answer 6

By studying moral panics and showing us how the media manipulated the mods and rockers making them out to be more violent and rowdy than that actually were led to the self fulfilling prophecy in which they were living up to these negative stereotypes creating more deviancy

Question 7

Wilkins - deviancy amplification spiral

Answer 7

1. A deviant act is committed
2. A problem group is identified, known as a folk devils
3. A public desire to be kept informed emerges
4. Publicity glamorises the deviant behaviour and makes it attractive to some and therefore more people engage in the deviant behaviour
5. Moral panic develops and pubic concern emerges about the real or exaggerated threat
6. The public feel their fear is justified and moral panic is reinforced
7. The media profits more from the spiral and continues to report deviancy

Question 8

Cohen - Marxism

Answer 8

Ways we are being manipulated into taking some things seriously and other things not seriously enough

Question 9

Hall - Neo Marxism

Answer 9

Ruling class defines what is deviance - decide the folk devils

Question 10

Miller and Reilly - Neo- Marxism

Answer 10

Moral panics soften up public opinions on issues , so that people are prepared to accept repressive social controls as solutions to particular problems

Question 11

Becker

Answer 11

Argues the successful application of a label frequently has the effect of conforming the individual as deviant
This may block off participation in normal society