UNIT 1 AC1.5 Questions and Answers

what 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 peopl