Folk Devils and Moral Panics
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"Society appears to be subject, every now and then, to periods of moral panic. A condition, episode, person or group emerges to become defined as a threat to societal values and interests."--Folk Devils and Moral Panics (1972) by Stanley Cohen |
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Folk Devils and Moral Panics (1972) is a book by Stanley Cohen, a study which analysed media controversies concerning Mods and Rockers in the United Kingdom of the 1950s.
It introduced the concept of the folk devil.
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