Folk Devils and Moral Panics: Thirtieth Anniversary Edition
Stanley Cohen's study of Mods and Rockers in the 1960s was a foundational text both in terms of investigating the workings of subcultural groups and identifying the concept of a 'moral panic' generated by the media, which leads to groups being vilified in the popular imagination, and inhibits rational debate about solutions to the social problems such groups represent. The insights Cohen provides into subculture and mass morality are as relevant today as they were when the book was originally...
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Stanley Cohen's study of Mods and Rockers in the 1960s was a foundational text both in terms of investigating the workings of subcultural groups and identifying the concept of a 'moral panic' generated by the media, which leads to groups being vilified in the popular imagination, and inhibits rational debate about solutions to the social problems such groups represent. The insights Cohen provides into subculture and mass morality are as relevant today as they were when the book was originally published in 1972, as illustrated by the author's introduction for this new edition, in which he tracks moral panics over the last thirty years, commenting on the demonization of young offenders and asylum seekers and on the News of the World's 'name and shame' campaign against paedophiles.Revisiting the theory of moral panic and exploring the way in which the concept has been used, this new edition features a select bibliography of key texts for further reading. The third edition of Folk Devils and Moral Panics makes available a valuable and widely recommended text.
Moral Panics as Cultural Politics: Introduction to the Third EditionSelected Reading List (1982-2002)Preface to First EditionSymbols of Trouble: Introduction to the Second Edition1Deviance and Moral Panics1The Transactional Approach to Deviance3Deviance and the Mass Media7The Case of the Mods and Rockers92The Inventory16Exaggeration and Distortion19Prediction26Symbolization27The Inventory as Manufactured News303Reaction: Opinion and Attitude Themes35Orientation37Images39Causation46Differential Reaction49Modes and Models of Explanation564Reaction: The Rescue and Remedy Phases59Sensitization59The Societal Control Culture65The Exploitative Culture1155On the Beaches: The Warning and the Impact120Setting the Stage: The Warning Phase120The Crowd Scenes124The Audience133The Mass Media135The Control Agents140Summary1456Contexts and Backgrounds: Youth in the Sixties149The Emergence of the Mods and Rockers150The Sociology of Moral Panics161Coming to an End167App.: Sources of Data173Notes and References178General Index191Author Index199
