Folk Devils and Moral Panics

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  • Folk Devils and Moral Panics - 1972
    • Stanley Cohen
    • "Deviancy Amplification"
    • Newspaper Reports of Fighting between "Mods" and "Rockers" in the 1960's
    • Argues that the Fighting was Distorted and Exaggerated by The Media
      • The Media produced clear differences that hadn't been there before
    • Newspapers PREDICTED Violence
      • Police were readied and responded harshly
        • Arrested Large Numbers of People

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