Moral Panics, Hypodermic Theory And The Passive Audience

Moral Panics, Hypodermic Theory and the Passive Audience

Billy and Rupert

Topic:

Columbine High School Massacre

Issues and Debates:

How the first person shooter game called ‘Doom’. 2 teenagers were already being punished and that the massacre was a relief of stress. They thought they were influenced by already existing products and people such as music and movies.

Matt and Abbie

Topic:

Skins

Issues and Debates:

Teenagers, after watching the program, want to to go and live their lives like it.

Tom and Rhys

Topic:

Man Hunt

Issues and Debates:

How people who play the game might think it’s acceptable to act out the contents of it.

Sam and Emma

Topic:

Paranormal Activity

Issues and Debates:

People believe it’s all real and some people drive themselves to suicide.