Moral Panics - Extra stuff

QUOTES BY COHEN
'moral panics are endemic because society will continue to produce the deviants which it then condemns.'


MORAL PANIC MODEL

The moral panic model implies that the media or the media reaction constructs a consensus around a particular issue that our society, as a whole, agrees about.

HEGEMONY

'Moral panics are the struggle over Hegemony' Hall et al, 1978.

STEREOTYPES

This moral panic reinforces the stereotype of dangerous gamers.

CASE STUDIES

-VARIOUS SCHOOL SHOOTING AND CRIMES INVOLVING YOUNG CHILDREN AS THE VICTIMS OR THE PERPETRATORS, HOW THAT AMPLIFIES THE MORAL PANIC (KIDS PRESENTED AS THE DECLINE IN SOCIETY AND ITS VALUES). WHY VIDEOGAMES HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO BLAME. 

Reasons for Videogames being a moral panic:

-Possible threat to other mediums, this is reinforced by the increasing popularity in recent years.

-perhaps the threat of the videogame or the gamer is going to die off