Moral PanicsPsychology Press, 1998 - 157 pagine This concise guide presents and compares the various different approaches that have been adopted in studies of moral panics and integrates concepts such as 'risk' which have been developed in related fields. With the increasing number of moral panics in recent years triggered by incidents such as the Bulger child murder by other children and the spread of AIDS, this book examines their wider significance, particularly in terms of the functioning of the mass media. In this book, Kenneth Thompson traces the developments in moral panic studies and also reintroduces some of the initial broader relevance of this field by treating moral panics not simply as separate episodes but in relation to systems of representation and regulation, and as symptoms of wider social and cultural tensions. |
Sommario
Why the Panic? The Topicality of the Concept of Moral Panics | 1 |
The History and Meaning of the Concept | 7 |
Risk Society | 22 |
Discourses and Discursive Practices | 24 |
Mass Media and the Public Sphere | 27 |
The Classic Moral Panic Mods and Rockers | 31 |
The Role of the Media | 32 |
Social Control Agents and Moral Entrepreneurs | 36 |
Moral Panics About Sex and AIDS | 72 |
AIDS | 73 |
Family Children and Violence | 87 |
Children at Risk | 94 |
Video Nasties Panic | 102 |
Female Violence and Girl Gangs | 111 |
Moral Panics About Sex on the Screen | 121 |
Conclusion | 139 |
Social Context | 39 |
Summary of Cohens Approach | 42 |
Moral Panics About Youth | 43 |
Club Cultures and Raves | 50 |
Moral Panic About Mugging | 57 |
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Name Index | 149 |
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