(9) Moral Panic Theory

Question 1

Stanley Cohen

Answer 1

‘Folk devils and moral panics’ - said the media exaggerate the extent and significance of certain events to create panic amongst the public

Question 2

Marwick

Answer 2

The massive and rapid changes in technology that have occurred in the last decade have given a rise in ‘technopanics’ - they are moral panics around new media technologies. They tend to make young people’s use of the media seem abnormal or unhealthy

Question 3

Springhall

Answer 3

Suggests that technopanics are caused because older people are afraid that younger people will retain more power and control in society because of NDM