Journalism and the Moral Politics of Othering
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- Created on: 15-01-15 16:13
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- Journalism and the Moral Politics of Othering
- Key terms and definitions
- Moral panic
- From Stan Cohen's Folk Devils and Moral Panics
- Mods and rockers; media moral panic surrounding this
- Young people stigmatised, held up as threat to law and order
- Over severe police reaction at alleged "violent" Clacton clashes
- Mods and rockers; media moral panic surrounding this
- “A condition, episode, person or group of persons emerges to become defined as a threat to societal values and interests.”
- “its nature is presented in a stylised and stereotypical fashion by the mass media”
- “the moral barricades are manned by editors, bishops, politicians and other right-thinking people”
- From Stan Cohen's Folk Devils and Moral Panics
- Othering
- Demonising figures in the press
- E.g Ralph Miliband's father: This man DID HATE Britain
- Young people stigmatised, held up as threat to law and order
- Demonising figures in the press
- Moral panic
- Key theories
- Stuart Hall Policing the Crisis
- Also talks about moral panics, expands upon Cohen's work
- “the official reaction to a person, groups of persons or series of events is out of all proportion to the actual threat offered”
- “the official reaction to a person, groups of persons or series of events is out of all proportion to the actual threat offered”
- Also talks about moral panics, expands upon Cohen's work
- Stuart Hall Policing the Crisis
- Key terms and definitions
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