society tends to focus on one or two social problems that seem to epitomise all that is wrong with society at the time - a moral panic
m panic deviancy amplification
Cohen
sensitisation and deviancy amplification:
first the media may make the event seem bigger than it was, secondly the media coverage may have the effect of triggering off events in a similar order
m panic signification spiral
Cohen
work can be used to illustrate the consensus, reinforcing the role the media play - the process is deviancy selection, condemnation and consensus affirmation
m panic no longer relevant
McRobbie and Thornton
suggests the concept of moral panic as used by Cohen in the case of the mods and rockers 1960s, is now outdated and is no longer useful
this is because of new media technology and living in a media saturated society - there is now diversity in of media reports and interpretation of events and opinion s
