Research on my critical investigation

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

Books and Quotes:

Probert, David, Graham, Andrew, (2008), Advanced media studies , Oxfordshire: Phillip Allan

- 'Classic moral panics - fear of breakdown of law and order, with youth out of control'. pg. 64

- 'Express a 'moral panic', not only about 'teenage gangsters', but also about the perceived lawlessness of internet social-networking like youtube and myspace'. pg. 273

- 'It looks lat what certain media texts do to vulnerable groups - 'recruiting' them as armed 'teenage thugs'. This idea of 'recruitment' and the word 'gangsters' in the striking white-on-black headline connotes a world away from hanging around on street corners to a more systematic, materialistic and organised world of criminality and lawlessness. pg. 172

Hartley, John, (2002), Communication, cultural and media studies The key concepts, London: Routledge.

- 'The term moral panic was originally employed by Jock Young (1971) and Stanley Cohen (1980)'. pg. 147

Bennet, Peter, Slater, Jerry, Wall, Peter, (2006), A2 media studies: The essential introduction, Abington: Routledge.

- 'The period was characterised by social and industrial unrest and successive moral panics about crime waves. A more aggressive and confrontational approach to law and order displaced the emphasis on crim, as a social problem'. pg. 253

Rayner, Phillip, Wall, Peter, Kruger, Stephen, (2001), AS media studies: The essential introduction, London: Routledge.

- Tabloid papers - contain stories that tent to be trivial and are responsible for the creation of moral panics' pg. 223

Kolker, Robert, (2009), Media studies An Introduction, West-Sussex: wiley-blackwell

- 'It is a general and dependable response to modernity as whole, a fear of the new and unknown, a certainity that exists within uncertainity: because something is new and popular - especially if it is popular among young people - it is threatening, and because threatening, dangerous'. pg. 269

Lovin, John, (2000), Media violence alert, USA: Dreamcatcher press inc.

- 'There has been a great deal of public discussion of the link between media violence and children's aggressive behaviour'. pg. 69

Laughey, Dan, (2009), Media studies Theories and approach, Great Britain: Kamera books.

'Major moral panics in recent times have centered on fears about paedophillia, AIDS, drugs, knife and gun crime'. pg. 100

Casey, Bernadette, (200), Television studies The key concepts, London: Routledge.

- Predominantly male adolescent discourse running throughout most music videos constructed around male sexual fantasies, leisure activities and peer reltionships.' pg. 137

Williams, Kevin, (2003), Understanding media theory, London: Arnold publishers.

- The authors showed how the media created public anxiety over the crim of 'mugging', student protests and picketing. pg. 151

Cook, Pam, (1985), The cinema book 2nd edition, London: British film institute.

- The idea and the image of the juvenile deliquent continued to colour films of all kinds made about teenagers in the 1950s and 1960s, from sensationalised crime dramas and social problem films'. pg. 218