Research on my critical investigation 2

Critical investigation - 'An investigation into how and why the tabloid press generates moral panics about male teenage deliquency'.

Quotes

1) 'Gangs are usually between 20 to 30 in number and members aged between 15 and 25. People are dependent on you and you have a role. To suggest this is a breakdown of societies values etc is simply to echo numerous moral panics of the past.'

- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6399961.stm

2) 'What separates hoodies from the youth cults of previous moral panics – the teddy boys, the mods and rockers, the punks, the ravers have all had their day at the cinema.'

- http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/nov/05/british-hoodie-films

3) 'The other tabloids including The Post and Today all ran similar stories, many on their front pages along with photographs of writhing masses of sweaty teenagers. thrill seeking youngsters in a dance frenzy at the secret party attended by more than 11,000.' The ravers in the photo look hot, crazed and quite demented. Also, the use of an exclamation mark in a headline is usually reserved for only the most shocking of subjects. The moral panic had begun.'

- http://www.lycos.com/info/moral-panic--moral-panics.html

4) 'The subject of addiction in teenagers receives a great deal of attention from the British media. Stories about drug abuse and gambling addiction are the most popular themes, forming the basis for a number of national “moral panics”.'

- http://www.beatingaddictions.co.uk/drug-addiction-britain.html

5) 'The typical user smokes their first joint in their mid-teens, with use peaking in the mid-20s. The habit then declines steeply as young people move into jobs and discover they have to get up in the morning.'

- http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/the-world-map-of-cannabis-1803642.html

6) 'Two teenagers are due to appear in court charged with gunning down a man as he returned from a Christmas shopping trip.'

- http://www.itv.com/News/Articles/Teenagers-in-court-over-shooting-708538133.html

7) 'Don't think Britons needed a bunch of think-tank eggheads to inform us our teenagers are the developed world's most accomplished binge drinkers.'

- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/rowanpelling/6123282/Teenagers-binge-drink-because-adults-think-it-is-cool-and-exciting.html

8) 'Moral panics occur when media and society link youth culture to juvenile delinquency, as video games were to the 1999 Columbine shootings. In all moral panics, patterns emerge of how the media chooses to portray what society finds threatening, and what the panics mean in a larger societal context.'

- http://www.gamebits.net/other/mqp/

9) 'As it is, a young man in Britain today is unlikely to pick up a tabloid newspaper without seeing himself reflected as a "terrifying teen" or "heartless hoodie", wielding a knife or binge-drinking.'

- http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/mar/18/asbos-youthjustice

10) 'By coincidence, Rhys's murder took place just hours before a planned Downing Street summit on youth crime. But the coincidence gave all concerned a chance to turn up the volume on the dominant social themes of the summer: gangs, guns and anti-social behaviour in all its guises. With the populist press in full panic mode, everyone was out to propose answers.'

- http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-moral-panic-and-a-return-to-gesture-politics-462773.html