1. Moral panics – presumptions and stereotypes. 105MC Carousel

2. What is a moral panic?

3. How are moral panics created? Through: Folk devils – outsiders (folk law / media) Outsiders as deviants Outsiders blamed for criminality, social problems, immorality, disease Stereotyping

4. Why are moral panics created ? Reasons depending on location, culture, medium, media Restoring social equilibrium Controlling deviancy and its characteristics Understanding Us and Them

5. What fears do moral panics play on? Folk devils - Stanley Cohen (Mods/Rockers) Scapegoats ‘Difference’ or deviant to the mainstream = something negative Social breakdown / breakdown of values Morals contrary to dominant culture Criminal behaviour Perception of what is right or wrong

6. Laswell 1948

7. Communication through stereotyping What is a stereotypeWhat is its function?

8. Communicating stereotypes

9. Chav

10. Cheer up, Emo!

11. Hoodies

12. Labelling and Politics Deviants - tied to social problems due to violating social norms (Polsky, 1967:44). Ned Polsky - the hustler and American life. Labelling someone as deviant can be used for political means (Blackman, 2011, Becker, 1963:7, Cohen, 1972:9).

13. Serotyping, audience, propaganda

14. Stereotyping and audience

15. Worrying in the media How to spot a communist - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkYl_AH-qyk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkYl_AH-qyk Charlie Says always tell your mummy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDu7yYHxZr0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDu7yYHxZr0 Kitchen for Trouble https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMXOZw3QpQI&l ist=PLEDE76779433549DE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMXOZw3QpQI&l ist=PLEDE76779433549DE Homophobia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pcy_6anmVUc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pcy_6anmVUc Funny ones – Don’t talk to robots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T5cCjTaZ3A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T5cCjTaZ3A

16. Activity 1.Looking at magazines, social networking and YouTube: what are the main characteristics that define youth today? 2.You will produce a photo storyboard of a short government worry film aimed at the elderly about the dangers of youth’s labelled as ‘hoodies.’ How do you think hoodies are supposed to behave, how do they communicate (think urban dictionary), how should they be represented and how should society respond to them? We will explore the ease to which assumptions about youth and the elderly can be used by the media, the government and the parent culture to sustain stereotypes.