Autore
Deriu, Fiorenza

Titolo
Comment on Elena Giomi and Fabrizio Tonello/3. "Moral Panic" or "Cultural Suasion?"
Periodico
Sociologica
Anno: 2013 - Volume: 20 - Fascicolo: 3 - Pagina iniziale: 0

The article by Elisa Giomi and Fabrizio Tomello is decidedly intriguing and willundoubtedly foster future debates. The authors start from the definition of "moral panic" andthe process on which the definition given by Stanley Cohen is rooted [Cohen, 1980]. On thebasis of these premises, they address the problem of "proportionality" and try to explain whenthe attention given by the media to a social issue is disproportionate to its real diffusion andto the real threat it represents. The findings of the study, however, are not convincing anddo not provide adequate arguments to answer the starting question for mainly methodologicalreasons.



SICI: 1971-8853(2013)20:3<0:COEGAF>2.0.ZU;2-E
Testo completo: http://www.mulino.it/download/article/10.2383/75775
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