CRIM 406 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Essentialism, Coprophilia, Klismaphilia
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Moral crusaders: moral panic: a particular thing, person or group is defined as a threat to society"s values or interests, the media sensationalizes and stereotypes the threat, immediately public concern builds, authorities and opinion makers expound on diagnoses and solutions while strongly asserting that the threat is real, the panic either recedes or results in social change. Moral foundations: foundations that lead to what we decide to stigmatize in society, society doesn"t survive without these foundations, care/harm, fairness/cheating, liberty/oppression, authority/subversion, loyalty/betrayal, sanctity/degradation. Beliefs : spring from social conditions, serve social functions, have social consequences, the task of sociology is understanding the social context of where these beliefs come from. 20 march 2015 belief in the paranormal: 71% of americans report having a paranormal experience, that is billions of people worldwide types of paranormal talents, dowsing an ability to locate objects dowsing rod.
