Sociology A-Level
Media representation and moral panics
What Media representation and moral panics means in Sociology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Media representation and moral panics
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The media shapes public perceptions of crime through news values, moral panics, and the amplification of deviance, often exaggerating the risk of victimisation.
Topics that use Media representation and moral panics
- Crime and Deviance (AQA A-Level)
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- Contemporary changes in criminal activity
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- Globalisation and transnational crime
- Inequality and stratification
- Institutional bias and selective law enforcement
- Mechanisms of formal and informal social control
- Social control and power
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