According to Moral Panics and Folk Devils, moral panic defined as an episode, often triggered by
alarming media stories reinforced by reactive laws and public policy, of exaggerated or misdirected
public concern, anxiety, fear, or anger over a perceived threat to social order (Stanley Cohen, 2002).
This book originally distributed in 1972. In general, any behaviour that does not fit in to social norms
is moral panic; that is behaviour criticized of by a large number of people and posture as a threat to
society. Hence, when someone behaves that the society find improper, he or she considered cause
moral panic. Moral panics begin as a way to describe violence act between two youth gangs.
According to Cohen’s finding, there are …show more content…
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result of this incident has formed a stereotypical view of young people as wayward and deviant.
There are five steps of social construction of deviance which are concern, hostility, consensus,
disproportionality and lastly volatility (Goode and Ben-Yehuda, 1994). Firstly, there would be a
groups behave improper and this has perceived as threats to the society and it has led to
measurable increase in the level of trepidation. The behaviour of groups viewed as form of
emotionally charged anger and aggression. It will be defined as identifiable group that bring
detriment to society. Following then there is a basic agreement that make a decision on approve
whether the group's behaviour deviant to society. It normally achieved by a segment of the public
which hold authority to define favourable policies. Disproportionality will be occur where there must
be excessive of the intensity of public concern over a perceived the menace toward the society.
Ultimately, the moral panic arises and gained high attention among the society and this may
influence social culture changes. The roof of moral panic in its simplest form is to
alarming media stories reinforced by reactive laws and public policy, of exaggerated or misdirected
public concern, anxiety, fear, or anger over a perceived threat to social order (Stanley Cohen, 2002).
This book originally distributed in 1972. In general, any behaviour that does not fit in to social norms
is moral panic; that is behaviour criticized of by a large number of people and posture as a threat to
society. Hence, when someone behaves that the society find improper, he or she considered cause
moral panic. Moral panics begin as a way to describe violence act between two youth gangs.
According to Cohen’s finding, there are …show more content…
The
result of this incident has formed a stereotypical view of young people as wayward and deviant.
There are five steps of social construction of deviance which are concern, hostility, consensus,
disproportionality and lastly volatility (Goode and Ben-Yehuda, 1994). Firstly, there would be a
groups behave improper and this has perceived as threats to the society and it has led to
measurable increase in the level of trepidation. The behaviour of groups viewed as form of
emotionally charged anger and aggression. It will be defined as identifiable group that bring
detriment to society. Following then there is a basic agreement that make a decision on approve
whether the group's behaviour deviant to society. It normally achieved by a segment of the public
which hold authority to define favourable policies. Disproportionality will be occur where there must
be excessive of the intensity of public concern over a perceived the menace toward the society.
Ultimately, the moral panic arises and gained high attention among the society and this may
influence social culture changes. The roof of moral panic in its simplest form is to