Jenkins, in his article, makes us realize how important is the media as a vessel to transport the issue of serial homicide. The media sometimes along with reporting the information of serial homicides helps glorify the issue. Movies and pop culture help define and realize how big the issues are. “Moral Panic” along with the media and pop culture helps make serial homicide sell more. In other words the sensationalism of serial homicide equals money.
The media likes to capture rock musicians using drugs at wild parties and acting irresponsible to get attention from people and increase magazine sales and ratings. I consider musicians to be artists who use music as a form of expression. The majority of their actions are to uphold certain image expectations from their fan base. Rock stars are expected to act wild and crazy always engaging in scandals to keep their fans wanting more. While a majority of these people are addicts with psychological issues who usually die from overdoses of illicit drugs many actually have families and are regular normal people when they are not in the spotlight.
But by the end of the eighties, society started to abuse cannabis. Along with the abuse of marijuana, drug gangs started selling marijuana along with other drugs, creating more crime throughout the United States. Thus this creates the negative impact on the view of marijuana. The government labeled the use of “marijuana” as being part of a gang or being a criminal. Then soon after, research in the early eighties showed some negative effects of smoking marijuana.
The readers were told that marijuana was responsible for car accidents, loose morality, and shocking acts of violence. Films like Reefer Madness in 1936, Marijuana: Assassin of youth in 1935, and Marijuana: The Devils weed were also released. This was propaganda designed by industrialists to eventually get the support of the people so that anti marijuana laws could be
In the gay community, the underground rave scene is huge. They do drugs and have sex with multiply partners throughout the high. While on Ecstasy, people lose their sexual inhibitions; moreover, may prevent men from thinking about the necessity for safe sex. With this care-free sexual attitude, comes the risk of getting AIDS or other STD’s. Again, the users of “sextasy” lose their sexual inhibitions, leading to multiple partners and “barebacking.” Raves are usually held all night long in abandon ware houses or in the middle of the forest.
Even though stats say something else, the media automatically portrays the teenagers as the bad guy. Eighty five percent of the murders are done by adults. With titles such as “children having sex” and “killer kids” it is clearly shows why such abuses are the key factors in violence, pregnancy, drug abuse and suicide among teenagers. ) This shows that what people assume to be reality, may in fact be incorrect. But these assumptions again are based off of what society
Exposing violence in the media teaches bad morals and is not supported by the greater good of society. In the show “24”, the main character, Jack Bauer is effective and powerful in saving America, by using torturing methods. The message sent is, “..as long as the tortures manage to choose the correct victim…those who know a lot and those who know a little spill... information within seconds after pain starts-which is not a common occurrence”(Cusac 140). The show makes scenarios look so unrealistic, that you can’t determine what the truth is and what is make belief. Some may say, “Its unfair competition.
Steroids, Greatly Misunderstood It’s not your typical everyday conversation between you, friends, and family but when the subject of steroid use is brought up immediately everyone thinks of oversized muscle heads suffering from either “roid-rage“ or suicidal tendencies. In actuality these are extreme cases that get extra hype and publicity because of the few but intense incidents that the media focus their attention on. This skeptic view created by the news stations across our nation has tarnished the use of steroids and the benefits they bring with an image of drug dealers and deformed body builders. How dangerous are steroids? Anabolic steroids are essentially extremely safe and greatly beneficial for numerous health complications.
Using material from Item A and elsewhere, assess sociological explanations of the role of the mass media in creating moral panics about crime and deviance. (21) A moral panic is an outrage that is stirred up by the media about a particular group or issue. The role of the mass media is to communicate to a large audience, whether it be written or spoken, though the radio, television, newspapers or the internet; as item A states the news media are one of our main sources of knowledge about crime and deviance. Often the media will create a moral panic surrounding crimes and criminals or deviants. Cohen’s explanation of folk devils and moral panics is highly relevant to understand the role of the mass media in creating moral panics about crime
The movie “Reefer Madness” released in 1936 also contributed to the general population being unsure and scared of the effects of marijuana. The movie showed teens becoming violent criminals when they were under the influence (Marijuana UXL).The growth of immigration and the domestic growth of America had really brought forth a