‘Folk Devils and Moral Panics’

• what are the key findings of “folk devils and moral panics” -Stan Cohen

  .Cohen conducted research that discovered the power of media in creating deviance

  .he researched fights in seaside resorts between 2 subcultures:mods and rockers

  .he argued media identifies ’folk devil’ leading to moral panic and overreactions from police

  .media sensationalise situation which serves to escalate the conflict
• what is a folk devil

  ‘Scape goat’

  .a person or thing held to be a bad influence on society that is something to blame societies problems on
• What is moral panic

  .society overreacting over a group or an incidence
• What was the aim of Folk Devil and Moral Panic study

  .to observe how the media exaggerates incidents and people reactions to them

  .to seen how media influences society