The Media and Youth Deviance Flashcards
How does the media influence youth deviance?
Newspaper reports exaggerate stories to make them appear more interesting and dangerous which leads to deviance amplification.
The deviancy is amplified the more people are aware of it and fear the act.
As a result, more youths are encouraged to act deviant by labeling and the self-fulfilling prophecy.
COHEN ‘FOLK DEVILS AND MORAL PANICS’
The media coverage of mods v rockers clashes in the 1960’s was taken out of proportion to the incident themselves and found different views of the same story by the police, media, and public.
FAWBERT ‘2000 MORAL PANIC’
Media coverage of youths wearing hoodies in shopping centers caused them to be banned, hoodies then became associated with deviancy and became sensationalized.
YOUNG ‘POLICE AND HIPPIES’
Police saw hippies as dirty, scruffy pot heads.
Translation of fantasy - the police adopt media stereotypes
Negotiation of reality - police negotiate evidence of fit the stereotype
Amplification - police label the hippies
PEARSON ‘HOOLIGANS’
Hooligan research of the 19th century showed newspapers denouncing the behaviour as ‘alien’ and ‘un-British’ and blamed the weather as a result of the hooligan’s deviancy.
Crimes related to violence gave the ‘hooligan’ tag.
