7 April 2017
Mmangaliso Nzuza (NZZMMA001)
Sociology:SOC1001F
Assignment:"Select and describe a moral panic against a perceived deviance. Analyze the role of the moral entrepreneur and folk devil in your selected case. Critically reflect on the role of the media in your case study."
"LGBT community in South African township communities."
Definition of terms: In societies in our world there are a number of times where they will experience moral panics. Definition of moral panic: A condition, episode, person or group of people or persons emerges to become defined as a threat to societal values and interests: its nature is presented in a stylized and stereotypical fashion by the mass media: the moral barricades are manned by editors, bishops, …show more content…
When I was growing up a gay would not have stood in front of me. I would knock him out”.(Ibid).This is a clear example of the LGBT community being portrayed as the "folk devils".Another example/misconception include individuals in the LGBT community in the township communities are regarded as having mental or emotional disease or disorder that stemmed from/caused by depravity of moral values,but what citiznes fail to understand and proven research shows that in general there is no significant difference between the mental health of heterosexual people and the mental health of LGBT people. Since homosexuality is not a disease or a disorder, there is nothing to be
Mmangaliso Nzuza (NZZMMA001)
Sociology:SOC1001F
Assignment:"Select and describe a moral panic against a perceived deviance. Analyze the role of the moral entrepreneur and folk devil in your selected case. Critically reflect on the role of the media in your case study."
"LGBT community in South African township communities."
Definition of terms: In societies in our world there are a number of times where they will experience moral panics. Definition of moral panic: A condition, episode, person or group of people or persons emerges to become defined as a threat to societal values and interests: its nature is presented in a stylized and stereotypical fashion by the mass media: the moral barricades are manned by editors, bishops, …show more content…
When I was growing up a gay would not have stood in front of me. I would knock him out”.(Ibid).This is a clear example of the LGBT community being portrayed as the "folk devils".Another example/misconception include individuals in the LGBT community in the township communities are regarded as having mental or emotional disease or disorder that stemmed from/caused by depravity of moral values,but what citiznes fail to understand and proven research shows that in general there is no significant difference between the mental health of heterosexual people and the mental health of LGBT people. Since homosexuality is not a disease or a disorder, there is nothing to be