Bowling For Columbine - Homework Due Tuesday

Moral Panic

Stanley Cohen has termed ‘The Moral Panic’ (Cohen 1972: 9)
A moral panic is an intense feeling expressed in a population about an issue that appears to threaten the social order. 

PEE - Point, evidence, explain. 

1. How are the two boys represented?
2. Did the shooting create a moral panic? 
3. Does Michael More attack American gun law? Is this a biased account? 
4. Are the government responsible for the moral panic or the media?
5. Do the media promote moral panics to avert attention from the government?
6. What did the media/ people blame for the shooting?