State actors manufacture folk devils that the media then amplify as secondary definers

Evidence

In contemporary societies, these ideological, cultural, and interpretative practices are the primary territory of the press and mass media. Though not formally part of the state, they play a critical function—in articulation with other institutions—in the business of popular influence via “the social production of news,” in which crime always ranks very high. PTC regarded these key institutions as “primary definers.” They provide the baseline interpretations, influence “lay” attitudes, mold the ideological climate, and are instrumental in the orchestration of political and public responses. — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 1050 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

Hunted and haunted, she turns into the personification of violated femininity—a vengeful version of the Black Widow persona she has previously burlesqued in her act. In the violent denouement, a shaven-headed Doll shoots dead her tormentor Cody in the pole-dancing club where she used to work, before being gunned down by the detective who has been trying to save her. — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 357 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Fictional characters can be trapped into acting out the roles invented by media. — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 357; State actors, not journalists, originate moral-panic rhetoric that media then amplifies.; Public perception of deviance is driven by media narratives. — Cohen, Stanley, Folk devils and moral panics: the…, 219 (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• State actors, not journalists, originate moral-panic rhetoric that media then amplifies. #corroborates (0.95)
• Fictional characters can be trapped into acting out the roles invented by media. #expands (0.80) — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 357
• Mass media function as primary definers of public meaning outside the state. #contradicts (0.80) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 1050
• Manufactured folk devils serve ruling elites as tools of control #expands (0.78) — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 373
• Media narratives fabricate terrorist identities to serve careers and ratings. #exemplifies (0.75) — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 356
• Public perception of deviance is driven by media narratives. #qualifies (0.72) — Cohen, Stanley, Folk devils and moral panics, 219
• States continuously recraft mythologies to legitimize their power #expands (0.72)
• Broadcasters’ editorial autonomy operates within state-defined ideological bounds #qualifies (0.72)
• Broadcasters’ editorial freedom is bounded by the state’s ideological hegemony #qualifies (0.72) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 841
• Broadcasting’s formal autonomy conceals its ultimate orientation within state hegemony #qualifies (0.72) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 841
• The state appears uniform while actually being fractured across many actors #complicates (0.72)
• People act on media-formed images of reality more than on direct experience. #expands (0.70) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 714