Media waves and moral panicking: The case of the FIFA World Cup 2010

Francis, Suzanne; Emser, Monique

dc.contributor.author	Francis, Suzanne	*
dc.contributor.author	Emser, Monique	*
dc.date.accessioned	2018-03-23T12:27:08Z
dc.date.available	2018-03-23T12:27:08Z
dc.date.issued	2014-11
dc.identifier.citation	Emser, M. & Francis, S. (2014). Media waves and moral panicking: The case of the FIFA World Cup 2010. Strategic Review for Southern Africa. 36(2), 169-180.	en
dc.identifier.issn	1013-1108
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10034/621019
dc.description.abstract	As with previous international sporting events, the threat of human trafficking quickly became part of public consciousness during the lead up to the World Cup. Out of 350 articles covering human trafficking in South African newspapers between 2006 and 2010, 82 (or 24 per cent) directly linked this sporting event with human trafficking. We claim that media hypes based on constructed moral panics might be recycled in similar scenarios to that displayed during the FIFA World Cup, demonstrating the staying power of such media hypes and the utility of moral panics.
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria	en
dc.relation.url	http://www.up.ac.za/en/political-sciences/article/19718/strategic-review-for-southern-africa	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	en
dc.subject	human trafficking	en
dc.subject	Africa	en
dc.subject	World Cup	en
dc.subject	moral panic	en
dc.subject	media	en
dc.title	Media waves and moral panicking: The case of the FIFA World Cup 2010	en
dc.type	Article	en
dc.contributor.department	University of Chester; University of KwaZulu-Natal	en
dc.identifier.journal	Strategic Review for Southern Africa	en
dc.date.accepted	2014-06-01
or.grant.openaccess	Yes	en
rioxxterms.funder	unfunded	en
rioxxterms.identifier.project	unfunded	en
rioxxterms.version	AM	en
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate	2018-03-26
html.description.abstract	As with previous international sporting events, the threat of human trafficking quickly became part of public consciousness during the lead up to the World Cup. Out of 350 articles covering human trafficking in South African newspapers between 2006 and 2010, 82 (or 24 per cent) directly linked this sporting event with human trafficking. We claim that media hypes based on constructed moral panics might be recycled in similar scenarios to that displayed during the FIFA World Cup, demonstrating the staying power of such media hypes and the utility of moral panics.