Moral Panic

A moral panic is an intense feeling expressed in a population about an issue that appears to threaten the social order. The media sometimes label celebrities as "Folk Devils", this is basically singling out certain people who have done something wrong and could make a huge impact on kids behaviour for the worse as they celebrities are supposed to be role models and set a standard and are someone for people to look up to. The statement 'Folk Devil' was made in 1972 by a great sociologist named Stanley Cohen.

Chris Brown is a very good example of a 'Folk Devil', after attacking the singer Rihanna, there was a big impact on his career and he made an impact on behaviour in some cases. This particular magazine on the inner pages it contains the interview where Chris Brown admits to it and tries to get people to forget about the incident and feel sorry for him, and it doesn't help since the magazine cover has "NO MORE APOLOGIES" Written on it.

These reasons make me disagree completely with what the media do with todays magazines, they don't care about the impact they have on children who look up to folk devils, yet they still put them on their magazines because alls they care about is gaining profit and making more and more money of all the wrong causes.

The following image is the image of the musical artist Rihanna, after she was attacked by Chris Brown, this is what he put her through, and publishing it on magazines makes it much worse as it will make young children think that its alright to do, which WILL make an impact on their lives, this is why the media need to stop posting pictures of folk devils on their magazines.