unit 1 sec b booklet 3 moral panics and deviancy amplification Flashcards
interactionist approach
what does wilkins say has an effect on medias reporting and how is it strenghened.
behaviours that go against accepted norms and values and have an effect of the media’s reporting and representations of this deviance is that such behaviour is strengthened and magnified. Reporters present an exaggerated version of deviance. Media profits from crime.
interactionist approach
what does cohen say about folk devils and moral panics.
Youth subcultures are associated with deviance as it is seen as the norm, the media shows a different reality of what happens. Press exaggerated violence. Identify-simplify-stigmatize-media campaign for action-authorized response.
interactionist approach
what did fawbert say about blue water shopping centre.
hoodies 2004-2008. Blue water shopping center caused outrage by banning shoppers who wore hoodies. Hoodies became a symbol of mischief.
interactionist approach
what did goode and ben yehuda say about cohens theory.
agree with cohen and say there are 5 stages of a moral panic - concern, hostility, consensus, disproportionality, volatility.
functionalist approach
how does ferudi say moral panics arise.
moral panics arise when society fails to adapt to dramatic social changes. Moral panics reflect wider concerns that older people hold to the nature of society. Older gen believes the media is the reason for anloss of traditional norms and values.
marxist/neo marxist approach
how do moral panics benifit capitalism according to hall et al.
Ruling class defines what deviance is and then decides who the folk devils are. Eg seminal policing crisis 1970- black muggers. Report about others things to distract them from being exploited and reality.this gave r/c a scapegoat.
postmodernist approach
how are moral panics less likely to occur according to waiton.
contemporary society creates a range of fears and panics that are different to classic ones. Mp are less likely to occur because societies no longer have a strong central moral code.- We live in a norm breaking society where moral panics cant occur.
