Goode And Ben Yehuda Moral Panic Analysis

Firstly, concern is the first element of Goode and Ben-Yehuda’s five elements of moral panic. In the Goode and Ben-Yehuda’s article (2009), the author argued that moral panics is formed when all five elements are present in the meantime, and there must be a high levels of awareness over the behavior of a group or category, and that behavior potentially causes for one or more social sectors. According to ABC news (2014), the writer mentioned that there are nearly 4000 people huddled together at Perth’s Cottesloe Beach, the protestors against the government’s plan that they use baited lines to kill sharks in the beaches. Therefore, the news demonstrates the high level of concern in the public. Moreover, there is a great influence on the local