influenced by Becker and Labelling Theory and the response to events rather than the events themselves.
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what is meant by moral panic
MP is the widespread fear that someone or something is a threat to the values, safety or interests of a community/society at large.
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how are moral panics created?
they are often perpetuated by news media or fuelled by politicians
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what is the effect of moral panic?
MP often leads to the passage of new laws/policies which target the source of the panic.
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who is often centered on within moral panic?
those who have been marginalised by society by their race, class, sexuality, nationality or religion
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how do moral panics relate to stereotypes?
MP's often draw on known stereotypes and reinforce them - they can exacerbate the real and percieved differenced and divisions between groups of people.
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identify the three key stages of Cohen's Moral Panic Model
1. Inventory 2. Intitial Reaction 3. Active Reaction
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explain the inventory stage of Cohen's Moral Panic Model
the seriousness of events are exagerated by the media
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explain the initial reation stage of Cohen's Moral Panic Model
the public/police/press are sensitised to reinterpret neutral or ambigious stimuli as potentially or actually deviant
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explain the active reaction stage of Cohen's Moral Panic Model
opinions and attitudes interact and produce an overestimation of the deviance - leads to an escalation of control.
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which theorist carried out the study on hippy marijuana users in Notting Hill during the 1960's
Jock Young
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what were the findings of Young's study
police targeted a group - smoking weed was illedgl so this marked the group as different and they became alienated by society. smoking then became a larger part of the groups identity so was widely used as a symbol of their differences.
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how do Young's findings explain deviant subcultures?
deviant subcultures develop and the gap between the subculture and society grows.
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how many key stages of moral panic did Thompson identify?
5 seperate stages.
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what is stage one? (Thompson)
something or someone is defined as a threat to values or interests.
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what is stage two? (Thompson)
threat is depicted in an easily recogniseable form by the media.
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