SOC313H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Control, Mary Whitehouse, Moral Panic
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1: moral panics, lgbtq law and rights in the caribbean, the most homophobic country on earth. Lifelong process of inheriting and disseminating norms, customs, values and ideologies: social control from democratic societies need to enjoy some support (can just be tolerance, or lack of opposition for it to work) Lecture 3: the medium is the message: media coverage on both sides of the. Media and its role on social control. Readings: folk devils and moral panics by stanley cohen, media discourse and the deconstruction of crime myths by bernard. The media plays a role in influencing the creation of law. The media plays a role in reinforcing currently existing laws (ex. Barbie dolls, fashion magazine; models, movies; propaganda; political movies; video nasties) Driller killer texas chainsaw massacre spin-of: us no reaction; uk wide controversy led to banning a lot of horror movies. Holocausto canibal : director was took to court thought he killed everyone.
