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Flashcards by Alyssa Elligson, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Alyssa Elligson
over 7 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Critical Thinking | Process of evaluating information, claims, or arguments through questioning & the application of reason |
| Behaviourism | derived from Positivism- individuals identity shaped by their responses to the external environment |
| Moral Panic | Stanley Cohen- A condition episode, person or group emerges to become designed as a threat to societal values & interests |
| Moral Entrepreneurs | a person, group, or organization that takes the lead in identifying certain behaviours as deviant & in need of legal sanctions |
| Grassroots Model | moral panics begin with genuine public concern about a problem - politicians & media become involved in response to public |
| Elite-Engineered Model | small, powerful groups deliberately set out to create moral panics, to divert public attention away from truly serious problems |
| Interest Group Theory | most widely used approach to moral panics, media, politicians, professional groups & religious organizations may believe they're acting in the best interests of society |
| Creating a moral panic needs: | involvement of public, media, & politicians |
| Folk Devils | people or group presented in media as deviant outsiders and the cause of social problems |
| Applying the problem frame to the Columbine shooting | focused on extraordinary & identifiable bad thing (the nature of shooting & the horror it generated throughout the nation) An immediate response was required to fix the problem of school shootings |
| Media depictions of Race & Gender | *radicalized populations are often portrayed as criminal (most likely black) *perceived as more dangerous than other groups |
| The Victim | Nils Christie (concept of ideal victim) is a person or a category of individuals who, when hit by crime, most readily are given the complete & legitimate status of being a victim |
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