Deck 3: Media and Moral Panics

Question 1

The concept of moral panic originated in British sociology in the:

A) 1950s.
B) 1970s.
C) 1980s.
D) 2000s.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The moral panic thesis emerged and was made famous by which of the following fields?

A) criminology
B) psychology
C) sociology
D) biology

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Exaggeration and distortion are thus key elements in the meeting of the required ______ to turn a potential news event into an actual story.

A) predictability
B) proximity
C) simplification
D) threshold

Answer 3

D

Question 4

______ occurs through a process of symbolization whereby names can be made to signify complex ideas and emotions.

A) Simplification
B) Threshold
C) Predictability
D) Proximity

Question 5

Which of the following are not considered to be moral crusaders of contemporary society?

A) pressure groups
B) journalists
C) politicians
D) the public

Question 6

The social construction of youth as a problem exploded into the public consciousness in the late ______.

A) 1930s
B) 1940s
C) 1950s
D) 1960s

Question 7

Which of the following is not part of the deviancy amplification spiral?

A) crime as news
B) deviant act
C) public acceptance
D) operation of news values

Question 8

The deviancy amplification spiral begins with the:

A) deviant act.
B) public definition of crime.
C) moral panic.
D) crime.

Question 9

It has been suggested that moral panics have their origins in moral crusades such as:

A) the Prohibition Movement of 1900-1920.
B) the European witch hunts of the 16th and 17th centuries.
C) the witch hunts in Salem, Massachusetts.
D) all of these.

Question 10

All of the following are considered to be the contemporary moral crusaders except:

A) politicians.
B) journalists.
C) newspaper editors.
D) public.

Question 11

Studies of ______ demonstrate that the least successful campaigns are those commissioned by social agencies with the intention of changing people's behavior.

A) marketing
B) criminology
C) advertising
D) politics

Question 12

Official attempts to ______ "deviants" are often resisted, calling into question the notion of a gullible and docile public yielding to the interests of those in power.

A) castigate
B) demonize
C) ridicule
D) all of these

Question 13

The very rapid spread of ______ has also led to concerns about technologically proficient pedophiles "grooming" their young victims online.

A) social media
B) news media
C) print media
D) television media

Question 14

In 2009 and 2010, ______ became the subject of countless reports that appeared intended to instigate moral panic.

A) Twitter
B) Facebook
C) Instagram
D) Snapchat

Question 15

All of the following have been identified as crimes that involve young people online except:

A) trolling.
B) sexting.
C) revenge porn.
D) cyberwarfare.

Question 16

The panic over the Teddy Boys took place in the:

A) 1930s.
B) 1940s.
C) 1950s.
D) 1960s.

Question 17

The term "______" implies that public reaction is unjustified in critical criminological accounts.

A) folk devils
B) moral panic
C) consensus
D) demonization

Question 18

A third model proposes that moral panics start at a ______ or middle level of society.

A) micro
B) macro
C) meso
D) none of these

Question 19

Research has found that fewer than ______% of people frequently experienced high levels of fear.

A) 5
B) 8
C) 12
D) 15

Question 20

The punk movement was orchestrated by which of the following duos?

A) music producer and fashion designer
B) music producer and politician
C) fashion designer and politician
D) fashion designer and educator

Question 21

In Britain, the age of consent was set at ______ in an attempt to thwart the use of children as prostitutes in Victorian times.

A) 12
B) 15
C) 16
D) 19

Question 22

Prior to 1875, the age of consent was:

A) 10.
B) 12.
C) 13.
D) 14.

Question 23

Universal agreement about the length of time public outrage has to be expressed in order to qualify as a ______.

A) signal crime
B) consensus
C) moral panic
D) demonization

Question 24

Deviance is used as a byword for which of the following terms?

A) irrationality
B) manipulability
C) unconventionality
D) all of these

Question 25

Which of the following terms imply that those involved are passive dupes?

A) irrationality
B) manipulability
C) unconventionality
D) predictability

Question 26

The media is usually led by the press.

Question 27

The media construct moral panics according to their criteria of "news values."

Question 28

The spiral of deviancy only goes on for days.

Question 29

Commentators have characterized contemporary Western society as a risk society.

Question 30

As positive social reaction escalates and the "deviants" become increasingly isolated, they become more and more criminally oriented.

Question 31

According to the deviancy amplification spiral, crime as news is the law and order campaign.

Question 32

The moral panic thesis was regarded by the new vanguard as reactionary, paternalistic and media-centric.

Question 33

"Fear of crime" has become a phrase that is widely banded about but seldom fully explained or understood.

Question 34

Contemporary media research is media-centered.

Question 35

Culture wars are a horizontal conflict between social groups.

Question 36

It could be argued that pedophilia constitutes an archetypal moral panic.

Question 37

Philip Jenkins once stated that the involvement of adults guarantees news coverage of a story.

Question 38

Frank Furedi (1997) argued that we inhabit a "culture of fear."

Question 39

"High anxiety" might be the goal of the media.

Question 40

The generation gap is growing.

Question 41

What are the five types of people who may be the targets of moral outrage?

Question 42

What are the five defining features of the moral panic model?

Question 43

What is the deviancy amplification spiral?

Question 44

What are the deviancy amplification spiral stages?