Role Of The Media In Deviancy Amplification And Moral Panics Flashcards
1
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What did Wilkins say?
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- deviancy amplification spiral
2
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What is a media example for Wilkins?
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- Mods and rockers
3
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What did Cohen say?
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- ## study on folk devils and moral panics
4
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What is a media example for Cohen?
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- Mods and rockers
5
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What did Fawbert say?
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- examined newspaper reports on hoodies
- only one article in national papers that used the word hoodie to describe a young thug
- hoodies became symbol of mischief
- sales in hoodies increased
6
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What is a media example for Fawbert?
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- Bluewater shopping centre banned hoodies
7
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What did Goode and Ben Yehuda say?
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- disagree with cohen
- 5 elements present in moral panic
1. Concern
2. Hostility
3. Consensus
4. Disproportionality
5. Volatility
8
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What is a media example for Goode and Ben Yehuda?
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- anti knife crime
9
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What did Ferudi say?
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- moral panics arise when society fails to adapt to a dramatic social change and feel that there is a loss of control
- moral panics reflect wider concerns that the older generation hold about the nature of society
- older generation believe the media is responsible for the loss of traditional norms and values
10
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What is a media example for Ferudi?
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- mods and rockers
11
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What did Hall et al say?
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- moral panics benefit capitalism
- trilingual class defines deviance and decide who folk devils are
12
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What is a media example for Hall et al?
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- Black muggers 1970- commit crimes as an act of political resistance against racist and repressive state
13
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What did Waiton say?
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- moral panics are less likely to occur because societies no longer have a strong central moral code shared by most of the population
- no morals to threaten
14
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What is a media example for Waiton?
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- social media provides us with varieties of norms and values
