Sociology: Moral Panic Research Guide
GOOGLE SEARCH TIPS
Search for exact phrases using quotation marks -
"Moral panic"
Use AND to narrow search to include both terms -
"Moral panic" AND media
Use OR to expand search to include either search term (synonyms) -
media OR press
Use brackets to combine AND & OR rules -
"Folk devil" AND (media OR press)
EVALUATING SOURCES
You can't trust everything you read on the internet. Evaluate your sources using the TRAAP test.
T - Timeliness - Was the information published in the last 10 years?
R - Relevance - Is the information relevant to your topic?
A - Authority - Does the author have qualifications or experience?
A - Accuracy - Does the information align with what other sources say?
P - Purpose - Is the source's purpose to inform, not to sell or convince?
WHERE TO LOOK
JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.
Username: kgsjstor
Password: rese@rch23
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WHERE TO START
Folk Devils
Apex Gangs
Directory of Open Access Journals
Make sure you select Articles instead of Journals above the search bar.
Online Articles
Knife crime: folk devils and moral panics?
For gangs with a social media presence like Apex, there's no such thing as bad publicity
Cronulla Race Riots
Children Overboard: Tampa
AIDS Epidemic
REFERENCING
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