Making Sense Of Moral Panics: A Framework For Research (palgrave Studies In Risk, Crime And Society)
by Sarah Wright Monod /
2017 / English / PDF
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This book offers a comprehensive framework for the study of moral
panics. It provides an up-to-date overview of the history and
development of the concept of panic, and discusses the key
criticisms and debates that have stemmed from its use over the
last four decades. While investigating the critical connections
between crime reporting and panic development, Wright Monod also
highlights the overall importance of social context, and social
theory, for understanding episodes of moral panic.
This book offers a comprehensive framework for the study of moral
panics. It provides an up-to-date overview of the history and
development of the concept of panic, and discusses the key
criticisms and debates that have stemmed from its use over the
last four decades. While investigating the critical connections
between crime reporting and panic development, Wright Monod also
highlights the overall importance of social context, and social
theory, for understanding episodes of moral panic.
Two case studies – one on murdering teens, and the other on gangs
and guns – are explored to demonstrate the efficacy of the
framework, and five research phases for panic study are
extensively analysed. Drawing on the nature of sensationalist
media coverage, and considering the impact of new media
ecosystems in panic development, this innovative study considers
the shape of the field of moral panic scholarship today and,
crucially, the directions in which its study is heading. This is
an
Two case studies – one on murdering teens, and the other on gangs
and guns – are explored to demonstrate the efficacy of the
framework, and five research phases for panic study are
extensively analysed. Drawing on the nature of sensationalist
media coverage, and considering the impact of new media
ecosystems in panic development, this innovative study considers
the shape of the field of moral panic scholarship today and,
crucially, the directions in which its study is heading. This is
aninformed and original book which will appeal to scholars of
risk, deviance, and criminal justice.
informed and original book which will appeal to scholars of
risk, deviance, and criminal justice.
