01B3.2.3 The role of the media in deviance amplification and moral panics Quiz: OCR Sociology, Unit 4

The 20 questions

1. What sociological term describes the media-driven process where folk devils are identified and exaggerated?

   • Social drift
   • Moral panic
   • Deviant career
   • Cultural bias

2. Who famously studied media-amplified clashes between Mods and Rockers in 1964?

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

3. In deviance amplification theory, what typically follows initial media sensationalism of minor misbehaviour?

   • Public apathy
   • Increased deviance
   • Decreased policing
   • Immediate reform

4. What label is given to individuals or groups singled out by the media as a threat to societal values?

   • Folk devils
   • Master statuses
   • Moral entrepreneurs
   • Primary definers

5. According to interactionists, which group often acts as primary definers of crime and deviance?

   • Working youths
   • Local residents
   • Social workers
   • Law enforcement

6. What term describes powerful individuals or groups who campaign to create new rules or moral codes?

   • Moral entrepreneurs
   • Deviance amplifiers
   • Folk devils
   • Primary definers

7. What effect does sensationalist media reporting typically have on public fear of crime?

   • It has no impact
   • It increases fear
   • It reduces crime
   • It causes apathy

8. A local newspaper exaggerates teenage antisocial behaviour, leading to harsher police crackdowns. What is this?

   • Status frustration
   • Deviance amplification
   • Cultural deprivation
   • Relative deprivation

9. Tabloid newspapers run front-page campaigns demanding tougher sentencing for joyriders. What role are they playing?

   • Moral entrepreneurs
   • Audience filters
   • Primary definers
   • Folk devils

10. Sensational headlines label knife-carrying youths as a unique modern plague. Who are these youths acting as?

    • Folk devils
    • Primary definers
    • Moral entrepreneurs
    • Subcultural theorists

11. If police chiefs consistently shape how journalists report riots, what sociological concept applies to the police?

    • Folk devils
    • Primary definers
    • Deviant carriers
    • Moral entrepreneurs

12. Which media effect model suggests moral panics are deliberately manufactured to distract from capitalism's flaws?

    • Postmodern approach
    • Functionalist approach
    • Marxist approach
    • Pluralist approach

13. What do late modernists argue about the frequency of moral panics today?

    • Panics have vanished
    • Panics only target youth
    • Panics are constant
    • Panics are strictly regulated

14. How do functionalists view the societal function of media-driven moral panics?

    • Reinforcing solidarity
    • Promoting revolution
    • Causing anomie
    • Weakening norms

15. What key stage in a moral panic involves the media using emotive headlines and symbolisation?

    • Primary definition
    • Decriminalisation
    • Consensus building
    • Exaggeration

16. Which term describes the process where symbols associated with a folk devil become universally feared?

    • Amplification
    • Definitional control
    • Radicalisation
    • Symbolisation

17. Why do interactionists argue deviance amplification spirals are difficult for authorities to reverse?

    • State funding
    • Public indifference
    • Objective policing
    • Feedback loops

18. What is the ultimate outcome of a successfully created moral panic according to Stanley Cohen?

    • Stricter social control
    • Social equality
    • Media deregulation
    • Police abolition

19. Which theorist coined the term folk devil to describe groups targeted during moral panics?

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

20. Which theorist developed the concept of moral panics in their study of Mods and Rockers?

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

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