« A moral panic is the increase in public perception of the possible threat to societal values and interests because of exposure to media texts .» www.medialit.org
I wanted to talk about a very serious subject, redheads. There has been many names : carrot top, ginger, gingy, beet head … But before our modern days and before the discrimination and the jokes, redhead were a serious problem. Back then media as we know them did not exist yet, the people were the media they were carrying the information.
In several societies redheads were rejected, or avoided. In the Egyptian society they were associated to the god Seth who had red hair also. To calm his anger red hair were sacrificed.
During the middle ages, people taught that redhead were trading with the devil, and sorcery others taught they were werewolf.
What can we see in all the different societies is the same scenario. The representation of the evil in each society was always someone with red hair. We can say that here the medium is the representation of the god that transmits this message and this idea to the society and guide their anger and their behaviour.
The legend says that : if people make fun/despise/reject/hate reheads it's because they are taking their revenge against Chuck Norris.And one thing is sure people do not reject redheads in Texas.
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