MEDIA EFFECTS

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  • Created by: Ciara_T
  • Created on: 23-04-17 14:41
MORAL PANICS // COHEN
the media uses sensational, sterotypical and exaggerated language to wrtie about a gorpu or event = public anxiety = authority intervention = +social awareness , more people patricipating e.g. mods and rockers
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AMPLICATION OF DEVIANCE
act commited = sensationalised reports = public attention& hard to engage without being arrested = demand for action = more police = interest dies out
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FAWBERT 'HOODIES'
2004, hoodie=young thugs (no real correlation) // moral panics increased = sales of hoodies increaded behaviours
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JEWKES 'PAMPERED PRISONERS'
content analysis on reports on prisonsers // no real evidence // intentionally sought to outrage public
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MCROBBIE AND THORNTON
'moral panic' is an outdated concept
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AMPLICATION OF DEVIANCE

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act commited = sensationalised reports = public attention& hard to engage without being arrested = demand for action = more police = interest dies out

Card 3

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FAWBERT 'HOODIES'

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Card 4

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JEWKES 'PAMPERED PRISONERS'

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Card 5

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MCROBBIE AND THORNTON

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