After observing the media's reaction to a fight between the mods and rockers, argued that the media labelled them in a negative and stereotyped way, and as a result they came to be seen as 'folk devils'
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Furedi (1994)
Argues moral panics arise when society fails to adapt to dramatic social changes and when it is felt that there is a loss of control, especially over powerless groups such as the young
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Goode and Ben-Yehuda (1994)
Reject Cohen's idea that a moral panic has a beginning, middle and end and instead describe five elements present: concern, hostility, consensus, disproprtionality and volatility
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Hall et al (1978)
Believe that moral panics serve an ideological function to support capitalism. They believe they are used to create divisions in society and take attention away from economic problems caused by capitalism
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Hall et al (example)
Referred to the emergence of the use of the term 'mugging' and how it was applied to the behaviour of young working-class black men in order to cause division between the black and white working class
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Card 2
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Argues moral panics arise when society fails to adapt to dramatic social changes and when it is felt that there is a loss of control, especially over powerless groups such as the young
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Furedi (1994)
Card 3
Front
Reject Cohen's idea that a moral panic has a beginning, middle and end and instead describe five elements present: concern, hostility, consensus, disproprtionality and volatility
Back
Card 4
Front
Believe that moral panics serve an ideological function to support capitalism. They believe they are used to create divisions in society and take attention away from economic problems caused by capitalism
Back
Card 5
Front
Referred to the emergence of the use of the term 'mugging' and how it was applied to the behaviour of young working-class black men in order to cause division between the black and white working class
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