Media Accounts That Engender Moral Panics Amplify Deviance and Function

question 58

Multiple Choice

Media accounts that engender moral panics amplify deviance and function as ______.

• A)advocacy for greater levels of social control
• B)a warning to the public
• C)assistance to law enforcement to make an arrest
• D)a key profit maker for the media

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Food Stamps

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Unemployment Benefit

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