www.crfr.ac.uk @crfrtweets ‘the erosion of childhood’ kay tisdall [email protected]
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Useful concepts from moral panics?
1. Stages to moral panics2. Who are the moral entrepreneurs? Who are
the experts?3. The ‘morality’ within the ‘erosion of
childhood’ discourse (Garland 2008)
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8 stages Chas Critcher
Moral panic stage Constituents
1. Emergence New and threatening development
2. Media inventory Stereotyping via folk devils/ sensationalism/ sensitisation
3. Moral entrepreneurs Moralisation by pressure groups/ politicians/ religious leaders/ press
4. Experts Expert confirmation of dangers
5. Elite consensus Public marginalised/ opposition weak
6. Copying and resolution New laws and/or stricter enforcement
7. Fade away Volatility with possible reoccurrence
8. Legacy Moral boundaries and established discourse confirmed
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Who were the signatories?How many people signed the letter?
227
Organisational affiliation?
> 80 or 35% had an academic post, more cited an affiliation with academia7 were affiliated with (teacher) unions> 25 were affiliated with a non-governmental organisationA large number did not write down any organisational connection
Disciplinary focus?
> 40 or 18% cited ‘psych’ discipline> 80 or 35% cited education/play/early years
Other descriptions?
> 15 described selves as authors, fiction and non-fiction< 5 self-identified as: parents/grandparents; police; politicians; religious position
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