This study demonstrates the methods and discourses generated, and the likelihood of resistance to the Ministry’s attempts of control. An inductive content analysis is used to explore the actions of the Ministry in the framework of social control and deviantisation. There is an exploration of how the Ministry, through the media avenue used, rely upon a deficit of alternate information to ensure acceptable behaviour. This study focuses on sociological theories of social control and deviantisation through the media, and how the Ministry of Magic produces and reproduces discourses. The Ministry of Magic uses the wizarding media in an attempt to control the public through deviantisation. The Harry Potter series of books are part of the web of cultural texts that structure and maintain social constructions, and as such can provide insights to the workings of a governmental facility in the role of social control through the media. Within the magical world of Harry Potter, the governmental mechanisms are no different to the real world. The media is used by governments to disseminate approved discourses surrounding target groups, people and behaviours.
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