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Folk Devils and Moral Panics by Stanley Cohen

kieraxdavies's review

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informative slow-paced

3.75

feral_femme's review

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challenging informative slow-paced

4.5

gracesullentrup's review

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Dense, slow read that I wasn't ready for.

behindthecritic's review against another edition

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3.0

I found this in a charity shop and decided to try it out.
This is a really interesting study on mods and rockers during the mid-twentieth century. It discusses media bias and the changing of facts to fit an overall mass hysteria narrative. I found this very informative but repetitive at times. I think the research for this book can be applied to lots of other groups in the UK and how they are presented in the media.
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