Lesson 01B2.2.4

01B2.2.4 The media and youth deviance: amplification, folk devils and moral panics Quiz: OCR Sociology, Unit 3

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The 20 questions

  1. Which sociologist is most famous for developing the concept of moral panics?

    • Stanley Cohen
    • Howard Becker
    • Jock Young
    • Stuart Hall

  2. What term describes exaggerated media reporting that creates widespread public fear about a group?

    • Moral panic
    • Deviance amplification
    • Primary deviance
    • Cultural hegemony

  3. Which subcultural groups were central to Stanley Cohen's study on moral panics?

    • Goths and Emos
    • Mods and Rockers
    • Punks and Skinheads
    • Teds and Greasers

  4. What label is given to groups perceived as threatening to societal values by the media?

    • Moral entrepreneurs
    • Folk devils
    • Subcultural outcasts
    • Secondary deviants

  5. Which process describes how media intervention can actually increase the amount of deviance?

    • Secondary socialisation
    • Subcultural adoption
    • Deviance amplification
    • Targeted policing

  6. Who applied the concept of moral panic to the policing of mugging in 1970s Britain?

    • Paul Gilroy
    • Stuart Hall
    • David Matza
    • Albert Cohen

  7. What term describes individuals or groups who actively campaign to create new social rules?

    • Primary rule-makers
    • Folk devils
    • Moral entrepreneurs
    • Deviant innovators

  8. According to interactionists, media exaggeration can lead to an increase in which type of deviance?

    • Secondary deviance
    • Primary deviance
    • Collective deviance
    • Structural deviance

  9. If a newspaper prints sensationalised headlines about youth knife crime, what is this an example of?

    • Investigative journalism
    • Data triangulation
    • Objective reporting
    • Sensationalism

  10. When police increase arrests following a media panic, what sociological effect occurs?

    • Structural adaptation
    • Self-fulfilling prophecy
    • Consensus normalisation
    • Subcultural transition

  11. Which theoretical perspective views moral panics as a distraction from economic inequality?

    • Marxism
    • Functionalism
    • Liberal feminism
    • New Right

  12. What phase of a moral panic involves the media establishing clear boundaries of acceptable behaviour?

    • Consensus erosion
    • Boundary crisis
    • Deviance initiation
    • Subcultural shift

  13. Who wrote 'Folk Devils and Moral Panics', published in 1972?

    • Eamonn Carrabine
    • Steve Hall
    • Ken Plummer
    • Stanley Cohen

  14. How might a youth subculture respond to being labelled as folk devils by the media?

    • Passive acceptance
    • Complete disbandment
    • Amplified hostility
    • Instant assimilation

  15. What sociological term describes the exaggeration of the scale of a youth crime problem?

    • Framing bias
    • Over-reporting
    • Agenda setting
    • Under-representation

  16. What do functionalists argue that moral panics help to reinforce in society?

    • Subcultural resistance
    • Class conflict
    • Economic instability
    • Social solidarity

  17. If sensational media coverage leads to harsher laws against youth gangs, this represents:

    • Restorative justice
    • Subcultural integration
    • Decriminalisation
    • Legislative crackdown

  18. Which group is most frequently targeted as folk devils in modern media moral panics?

    • Toddlers
    • Teenage youths
    • Middle-aged professionals
    • Retired pensioners

  19. What term describes the cyclical nature of moral panics fading and later re-emerging?

    • Panic cycle
    • Amplification spiral
    • Deviance trajectory
    • Subcultural evolution

  20. Which sociological perspective argues that moral panics serve ruling-class interests by maintaining social order?

    • Functionalism
    • Feminism
    • Marxism
    • Postmodernism

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