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Unit 1 - AC1.5 (1).
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UNIT 1 AC1.5what is moral panic - correct answer-when the media exaggerate levels of serious crime and
the risk of becoming a victim
give examples of where moral panic through social media has been found to be true , cited in
Hale et al 2013 - correct answer-newspapers ( march , 1991 ) television ( gunter et al.2003 )
and radio content ( cumberbatch et al 1995 )
what does the sociologist stanley cohen suggest in his book Folk Devils and Moral Panics (
1973 ) - correct answer-a moral panic occurs when a "condition , episode , person or group
of persons emerges to become defined as a threat to societal values and interests"
describe a moral panic as a result from the medias portayal in the 1960's - correct
answer-clashes between mods and rockers , sensationalised lawless gang fights "wild ones
invade seaside-97 arrests" , but actually only 24
give a example of moral panic in the 1980s - correct answer-risk of contracting HIV
give a modern example of moral panic - correct answer-reports of terrorism and the result of
Islamophobia
what is the impact of moral panic - correct answer-to make the public think the issue is worse
than it is in reality , more severe reaction to the issue and people involved , unreasonable
urge for justice
give an example of how moral panic causes an unreasonable urge for justice - correct
answer-the increase in punishments for crimes that occurred in the london riots of 2011
describe how the crimes people are concerned with have changed over time - correct
answer-mods and rockers , recently terrorism , fuelled by attacks eg london , manchester
and barcelona 2017 , and media reported a rise in knife-attack
what does the impact of changing concerns and attitudes reflect on - correct answer-the
policing and government priorities , eg in response to terror attacks the government raises
threat level eg severe to critical after Manchester
how has islamophobia made an impact of the public's attitude towards terrorism - correct
answer-muslims became victims of attacks because of ther religion
what has the concern about knife crime resulted in - correct answer-knife amnesty , involving
the surrender of illegal knives without facing criminal action
describe the general publics perception of crime at the moment - correct answer-that it is on
the increase , media reporting a high volume of crime impacts the public , false belief ,
research suggests crime is actually decreasing
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