Cohen's Moral Panic

Cohen's Moral Panic is when an intense feeling is expressed through the media. This leads to threathening the social order and enforcing and promoting certain types of behaviour etc. Examples of this is people on the cover of music magazines (NME,Kerrang,Vibe).



XXL Front Cover



Images such as the one to the right are an example of this as Chris Brown, most commonly for his assault of Pop Star and ex girlfriend Rihanna, publishing this artist on the front cover of a magazine could be seen to be promoting or justifying this behaviour as if it is acceptable.

Magazine's writers and producers often publish the current and most popular artisits on their front covers regardless of behaviour or reputation as they simply want to make money, and publishing covers with artisits such as Chris Brown on they will do so as people will want to read this.

Folk Devils



Pete Dohery (NME)

Folk devil is a person or group of people who are portrayed in folklore or the media as outsiders and deviant, and who are blamed for crimes or other sorts of social problems.

e.g. Pete Doherty who's immage is portrayed in the media as someone who abuses drugs and ok about it. This could promote this sort of behaviour as it shown in the media as it a good thing to do as various musical artists and other people in the media are doing so.