A moral panic is the pervasive belief that some great wickedness is threatening society and must be stopped. Calling something a moral panic is a way to argue that people's fears or concerns are silly ...

Not to freak you out, but you may be in the middle of a moral panic. A moral panic is the pervasive belief that some great wickedness is threatening society and must be stopped. Calling something a ...

Public fear, and those responsible for creating or promoting it, are major topics of discussion these days. The sociological and criminological concept known as moral panic offers valuable insights ...

The moral part of moral panic enters in two ways. Most such panics in the past were concerned with moral corruption of the young. The media were seen as inciting violence, crime, sexual promiscuity, ...