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Discuss one of the ideas of the following writers in relation to popular music culture: Stanley Cohen. You may use a case study approach in your answer.
Scholars such as Rietveld suggest that; …show more content…
An examination of two differentiating genres of music and culture will be given to assess the relevance of Cohen’s ontological assumptions regarding the creation of moral panic. An assessment of how the media can heavily affect societal norms regarding definitions of deviance will also be considered. The politicisation of young people as the result of secondary deviance will be critically examined in relation to the genre of dance music and the punk culture of the 1970s.
It can be suggested that in order to critically examine Cohen’s theory regarding the creation of moral panics within society it would be advantageous to clearly define the aforementioned hypothesis in more detail. Scholars such as Cohen asserts that the creation of moral panic occurs within society when a marginalised group or subculture is labelled as deviating from the norms and values of any given society. Once this deviation has occurred scholars such as Thompson (1998) suggest that these individuals or groups are labelled as “folk devils” and deemed somehow responsible for the moral or socio-political problems within the aforementioned societies. In his thesis regarding the moral panic within Great Britain in the 1960s surrounding the mods and rockers …show more content…
(1980). Folk Devils and Moral Panics. Oxon: United Kingdom. Routledge.
Greig, S., McCarthy, M., Peacock, J. (1976, December 2). An Essay on Punk Rock Heavy Metal. The Daily Mirror.
Gustfield, J. (1967). Moral Passage: The symbolic Process in Public Designations of Deviance, vol. 15, No. 2. (pp. 175- 188).
Hubbard, S. (2007). Pretty Vacant. Retrieved from The New Statesmen website: http://www.newstatesman.com/arts-and-culture/2007/06/punk-art-1970s-sexual-capture)
Kruger, J., Skelton, T., Valentine, G. (1998). Cool Places: Geographies of Youth Cultures: Ravers’ Paradise? (pp. 28-31): London: Routledge.
Legislation. (1994). The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act. Retrieved from the Legislation website: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/33/contents
Lemert, E. (1967). Human Deviance: Social Problems and Social Control. (pp. 56-59). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
McDermott, P. (2000). Still Raving: Social Reaction to Ecstasy in Leisure Studies
Vol. 19, No. 3. (pp. 44-46).
Ox, P. (1994), Culture Scope: Australian rock music and its audience, vol. 40, No. 4. (pp. 7-18)
Shuker, R. (2005). Popular Music: Key Concepts. New York: U.S.A: Routledge.
Shuker, R. (2001). Understanding Popular Music. New York: U.S.A.
Discuss one of the ideas of the following writers in relation to popular music culture: Stanley Cohen. You may use a case study approach in your answer.
Scholars such as Rietveld suggest that; …show more content…
An examination of two differentiating genres of music and culture will be given to assess the relevance of Cohen’s ontological assumptions regarding the creation of moral panic. An assessment of how the media can heavily affect societal norms regarding definitions of deviance will also be considered. The politicisation of young people as the result of secondary deviance will be critically examined in relation to the genre of dance music and the punk culture of the 1970s.
It can be suggested that in order to critically examine Cohen’s theory regarding the creation of moral panics within society it would be advantageous to clearly define the aforementioned hypothesis in more detail. Scholars such as Cohen asserts that the creation of moral panic occurs within society when a marginalised group or subculture is labelled as deviating from the norms and values of any given society. Once this deviation has occurred scholars such as Thompson (1998) suggest that these individuals or groups are labelled as “folk devils” and deemed somehow responsible for the moral or socio-political problems within the aforementioned societies. In his thesis regarding the moral panic within Great Britain in the 1960s surrounding the mods and rockers …show more content…
(1980). Folk Devils and Moral Panics. Oxon: United Kingdom. Routledge.
Greig, S., McCarthy, M., Peacock, J. (1976, December 2). An Essay on Punk Rock Heavy Metal. The Daily Mirror.
Gustfield, J. (1967). Moral Passage: The symbolic Process in Public Designations of Deviance, vol. 15, No. 2. (pp. 175- 188).
Hubbard, S. (2007). Pretty Vacant. Retrieved from The New Statesmen website: http://www.newstatesman.com/arts-and-culture/2007/06/punk-art-1970s-sexual-capture)
Kruger, J., Skelton, T., Valentine, G. (1998). Cool Places: Geographies of Youth Cultures: Ravers’ Paradise? (pp. 28-31): London: Routledge.
Legislation. (1994). The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act. Retrieved from the Legislation website: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/33/contents
Lemert, E. (1967). Human Deviance: Social Problems and Social Control. (pp. 56-59). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
McDermott, P. (2000). Still Raving: Social Reaction to Ecstasy in Leisure Studies
Vol. 19, No. 3. (pp. 44-46).
Ox, P. (1994), Culture Scope: Australian rock music and its audience, vol. 40, No. 4. (pp. 7-18)
Shuker, R. (2005). Popular Music: Key Concepts. New York: U.S.A: Routledge.
Shuker, R. (2001). Understanding Popular Music. New York: U.S.A.