COMM 2601 Lecture Notes - International Monetary Fund, Nacro, Troubled Families

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMM 2601
• Professor: all

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J e n a l y n d e - s m i t h | 1. When critically analyzing an event as a moral panic it is vital to understand the way in which the events are framed. According to professor robinson, moral panics materialize when people experience a loss of control over conventional rules because of an event, action or story. 1. Looking at this definition, it is evident that the vancouver riots and the uk riots in 2011, can both be considered as moral panics. The vancouver riot occurred immediately after game seven of the nhl series between the canucks and the bruins. This infuriated canucks fans and so began the riots. People took the street, vandalizing and fighting cops. This classifies as a moral panic because it was a reaction to an event. The 2011 uk riots where on a different level, yet most definitely also a moral panic.