The article 'Moral Panic' for Multi-Mediated Social Worlds explains the idea of moral panic and folk devils. The article explains how the fights between the Mods and the Rockers effectively launched the term and idea of moral panic. The media coverage of the fights between the Mods and the Rockers have been criticised by some as being over reported. While others ran down to the beach to watch the ‘fun’. After this period of panic the characters then fade into history. They are then attached to a particular time period and are remembered with a hint of nostalgia. The 1990’s youth culture is heavily rooted in the moral panics of the mods fighting with the rockers, the drug taking of these subcultures and the foul mouths of the punks. Altogether these elements form part of their celebrated folklore. Disapproving mass media legitimises and authenticates youth cultures to the degree that it is hard to imagine a British youth ‘movement’ without it. It gives them something to achieve it turns their difference into defiance, lifestyle into social upheaval and leisure into revolt. This article like some of my previous texts explores the subject of moral panic and folk devils. Some of my other texts show ways to interpret and analyse events which occurred in Mod history this one starts from the start. Mods launched moral panic and this article looks more into the Mods impact on subcultures today. It explores the topic of marginalised subcultures and because they are different they misbehave to get recognition from the mass media. This text gives a perspective of how Mods have influenced today’s subcultures.
List of Works Cited
McRobbie, Angela and Sarah Thornton. “Rethinking ‘Moral Panic’ for Multi-Mediated Social Worlds.” The British Journal of Sociology 46 (1995): 559-574.
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