CRM/LAW C107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Jock Young, Moral Panic, Sexual Orientation
30 Jan 2017
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Stan cohen (1972): a condition, episode, person or group of persons emerges to become defined as a threat to societal value and interests . Authorities made the crucial mistake of treating deviance as an objectively discernible class of behaviors rather than an ascribed social category. The media, then in a sense can create social problems, they can present them dramatically and overwhelmingly, and, most important, they can do it suddenly. The media can very quickly and effectively fan public indignation and engineer what one might call. "a moral panic" about a certain type of deviancy. (young 1971b: [and see media amplification, becker typology. Becker"s 4 types of deviant behavior based on audience reaction: conforming behavior ++ (20) Neither perceived as deviant nor has it violated a norm or rule isn"t a form of deviant behavior at all: pure deviance -- Behavior that both violates a rule and is labeled as deviant.
