Moral panic in Icelandic society: Arrival of ecstasy to Iceland

The use of illegal drugs has often been shown to ignite fear and insecurity in society. When a new drug appears the media typically reports on this drug and the risk it poses. Soon after ecstasy appeared in Iceland in the 1990s its use created a major public uproar and insecurity in Icelandic societ...

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Main Authors: Jónasson, Jónas Orri, Gunnlaugsson, Helgi
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Icelandic
Published: Stjórnsýslustofnun 2014
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Online Access:https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/irpa/article/view/a.2014.10.2.9
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spelling fticelandunivojs:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/1598 2023-08-20T04:07:22+02:00 Moral panic in Icelandic society: Arrival of ecstasy to Iceland Siðfár í íslensku samfélagi? Koma e-töflunnar til Íslands Jónasson, Jónas Orri Gunnlaugsson, Helgi 2014-12-15 application/pdf https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/irpa/article/view/a.2014.10.2.9 isl ice Stjórnsýslustofnun https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/irpa/article/view/a.2014.10.2.9/pdf https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/irpa/article/view/a.2014.10.2.9 Icelandic Review of Politics & Administration; Vol. 10 No. 2 (2014); 369-386 Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla; Bnd. 10 Nr. 2 (2014); 369-386 1670-679X 1670-6803 Moral panic drug use deviant behaviour mass media Siðfár vímuefnaneysla frávikshegðun fjölmiðlar info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2014 fticelandunivojs 2023-08-01T12:28:55Z The use of illegal drugs has often been shown to ignite fear and insecurity in society. When a new drug appears the media typically reports on this drug and the risk it poses. Soon after ecstasy appeared in Iceland in the 1990s its use created a major public uproar and insecurity in Icelandic society. In the article the theory of moral panic will be used to examine if the arrival of ecstasy to Iceland ignited a moral panic. Media reports on ecstasy, public reactions, interest groups and government institutions will be analysed. Discourse analysis is employed on newspaper reporting on ecstasy between 1985 and 1997 to detect signs of moral panic. The main conclusion is that evidence suggests that a moral panic existed in Iceland as described in well-known theories on the subject. Neysla ólöglegra vímuefna hefur sýnt sig að vera einkar vel fallin til að skapa ótta og óöryggi í samfélaginu. Þegar ný efni koma fram á sjónarsviðið eykst oft umfjöllun fjölmiðla um notkun efnisins og þá hættu sem af neyslunni stafar. Skömmu eftir að e-taflan barst til landsins á tíunda áratug síðustu aldar fór neyslan að valda miklum usla og öryggisleysi hér á landi. Hér verður kenningunni um siðfár beitt til að kanna hvort koma e-töflunnar til landsins beri merki siðfárs. Greint verður frá umfjöllun fjölmiðla, viðbrögðum almennings, fagstétta og stjórnvalda við komu efnisins hingað til lands. Stuðst er við orðræðugreiningu á öllum fréttum um e-töfluna, sem birtust á tímabilinu 1985- 1997, til að meta hvort siðfár hafi skapast í íslensku samfélagi. Niðurstöðurnar benda til að viðbrögð hér á landi hafi sýnt ýmis merki siðfárs eins og lýst er í þekktum kenningum um fyrirbærið. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland University of Iceland: Peer Reviewed Journals Fallin ENVELOPE(9.968,9.968,63.562,63.562) Merki ENVELOPE(-14.348,-14.348,64.658,64.658) Valda ENVELOPE(30.565,30.565,65.602,65.602)
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topic Moral panic
drug use
deviant behaviour
mass media
Siðfár
vímuefnaneysla
frávikshegðun
fjölmiðlar
spellingShingle Moral panic
drug use
deviant behaviour
mass media
Siðfár
vímuefnaneysla
frávikshegðun
fjölmiðlar
Jónasson, Jónas Orri
Gunnlaugsson, Helgi
Moral panic in Icelandic society: Arrival of ecstasy to Iceland
topic_facet Moral panic
drug use
deviant behaviour
mass media
Siðfár
vímuefnaneysla
frávikshegðun
fjölmiðlar
description The use of illegal drugs has often been shown to ignite fear and insecurity in society. When a new drug appears the media typically reports on this drug and the risk it poses. Soon after ecstasy appeared in Iceland in the 1990s its use created a major public uproar and insecurity in Icelandic society. In the article the theory of moral panic will be used to examine if the arrival of ecstasy to Iceland ignited a moral panic. Media reports on ecstasy, public reactions, interest groups and government institutions will be analysed. Discourse analysis is employed on newspaper reporting on ecstasy between 1985 and 1997 to detect signs of moral panic. The main conclusion is that evidence suggests that a moral panic existed in Iceland as described in well-known theories on the subject. Neysla ólöglegra vímuefna hefur sýnt sig að vera einkar vel fallin til að skapa ótta og óöryggi í samfélaginu. Þegar ný efni koma fram á sjónarsviðið eykst oft umfjöllun fjölmiðla um notkun efnisins og þá hættu sem af neyslunni stafar. Skömmu eftir að e-taflan barst til landsins á tíunda áratug síðustu aldar fór neyslan að valda miklum usla og öryggisleysi hér á landi. Hér verður kenningunni um siðfár beitt til að kanna hvort koma e-töflunnar til landsins beri merki siðfárs. Greint verður frá umfjöllun fjölmiðla, viðbrögðum almennings, fagstétta og stjórnvalda við komu efnisins hingað til lands. Stuðst er við orðræðugreiningu á öllum fréttum um e-töfluna, sem birtust á tímabilinu 1985- 1997, til að meta hvort siðfár hafi skapast í íslensku samfélagi. Niðurstöðurnar benda til að viðbrögð hér á landi hafi sýnt ýmis merki siðfárs eins og lýst er í þekktum kenningum um fyrirbærið.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Jónasson, Jónas Orri
Gunnlaugsson, Helgi
author_facet Jónasson, Jónas Orri
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author_sort Jónasson, Jónas Orri
title Moral panic in Icelandic society: Arrival of ecstasy to Iceland
title_short Moral panic in Icelandic society: Arrival of ecstasy to Iceland
title_full Moral panic in Icelandic society: Arrival of ecstasy to Iceland
title_fullStr Moral panic in Icelandic society: Arrival of ecstasy to Iceland
title_full_unstemmed Moral panic in Icelandic society: Arrival of ecstasy to Iceland
title_sort moral panic in icelandic society: arrival of ecstasy to iceland
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op_source Icelandic Review of Politics & Administration; Vol. 10 No. 2 (2014); 369-386
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