Talk:Deviancy amplification spiral

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"In mediaeval times Witchhunts happened before there were any media": this is ridiculous, to say the least. Travelling minstrels, for instance, were a form of media and sometimes sang ballads of "newsworthy" events. --Daniel C. Boyer 18:13, 10 Apr 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Myspace... wait, what?

Seems a tad bit odd that a link to the article about Myspace would be here...

To catch a predator. -Every name is taken12345 05:35, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Examples

This article could probably gain from some examples - I am guessing things like paedophilia/child molestation would be a good example from recent years, and going back a bit would things like the various crusades against 'immoral video games' and 'video nasties' seem to fit this, as various media and pressure groups tried to further demonise something and blame it using ever more tenuous evidence to various murders, crimes, trends in antisocial behaviour and so on. Or is that not what this is describing? -- 86.148.73.32 17:07, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes please please please more examples. I was hesitant about believing this until I came to the discussion page and saw the child molestation thing. Very interesting. At least put this on the main article please. Other good ones I can maybe think of are like marilyn manson and school dress-codes (school violence etc...) 198.70.211.64 (talk) 20:25, 25 February 2008 (UTC)