The Cohen Theory
the effect of the moral panic is to reinforce hegemony by the media making it clear what values society do no accept. This shows that when youths try to express themselves in a way that adults have not seen before they try to stop it by showing a negative aspect.
Therefore this would effect the representation of the youth as it shows that they are not allowed to express themselves within a different way of society does not see as acceptable. Therefore this places a more negative effect on the youths as everything they do, out of the norm of society, is seen as bad.
by looking at this theory we are able to see that the media places blame onto the youths seeing them as easy target. This cause the moral panic cycle to happen in order to stamp down hard onto anything that the youths try to do that is out of the norm.
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