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Mods and rockers. Mods and rockers were two conflicting British youth subcultures of the late 1950s to mid 1960s. Media coverage of the two groups fighting in 1964 sparked a moral panic about British youth, and they became widely perceived as violent, unruly troublemakers. The rocker subculture was centred on motorcycling.
In the case of the mods and rockers, increased police presence the following year on the bank holiday led to another occurrence of violence. Cohen noted that the depiction of mods and rockers as violent, unruly troublemakers actually led in itself to a rise in deviant behaviour by the subcultures. [2]
In early 1960s Britain, the two main youth subcultures were Mods and Rockers. The "Mods and Rockers" conflict was explored as an instance of moral panic by sociologist Stanley Cohen in his seminal study Folk Devils and Moral Panics, [65] which examined media coverage of the Mod and Rocker riots in the 1960s. [66]
The mods and rockers conflict led sociologist Stanley Cohen to use the term "moral panic" in his study about the two youth subcultures, [5] in which he examined media coverage of the mod and rocker riots in the 1960s. [6] By 1965, conflicts between mods and rockers began to subside and mods increasingly gravitated towards pop art and psychedelia.
The mods and rockers conflict led sociologist Stanley Cohen to use the term "moral panic" in his study about the two youth subcultures, [141] which examined media coverage of the mod and rocker riots in the 1960s. [142] By 1965, conflicts between mods and rockers began to subside and mods increasingly gravitated towards pop art and psychedelia.
978-0415610162. Folk Devils and Moral Panics: The Creation of the Mods and Rockers is a 1972 sociology book by Stanley Cohen. [1][2][3] It was the first book to define the social theory of moral panic. [4][5][6]
This confirmation of the pattern was first documented by Stanley Cohen in Folk Devils and Moral Panic, a study of the media response to clashes between the Mods and Rockers, two rival subcultures of the time. [2]
On 31 January 1998, the Annual Rockers Reunion was being held at the Battersea Arts Centre. [1] The reunion was for members of the rockers subculture of the 1950s and 1960s who had been the opponents of the mods subculture. Members of the Outcasts Motorcycle Club served as the security at the reunion. [1]