Moral panics in today s society

    • Do moral panics work?

      For Young, then, moral panics are characterized by a ‘rational irrationality’: they ‘work’ because they ‘hit the sore spot’, at once tapping into anxieties about social transition, and simul- taneously attempting to stymie cultural change.


    • Are 'good' moral panics a heuristic device?

      Cohen explores the notion of ‘good’ moral panics as a correc- tive to the tendency within moral panic studies towards the denial of social problems. He proposes that advocating ‘good’ moral panics as a heuristic device may prove able to broaden the focus of moral panic studies.


    • How does the financial crisis affect moral panics?

      Young compares this with the impact that the current financial crisis may have, or is having, on moral panics – a situation in which the middle classes become increasingly fearful of failing to maintain their social status.


    • What are some of the most important research papers on moral panic?

      Two particularly noteworthy papers from the thematic strands were Julia Pearce and Elizabeth Charman’s ‘A social psychological approach to understanding moral panic’ and Ragnar Lundström’s ‘Between the exceptional and the ordinary: A model for the comparative analysis of moral panics and moral regulation’.


    • Social media and moral panics: Assessing the effects of ...

      claims-making patterns that propel moral panics. It argues that, whether generating anxi-ety about social change, sharpening social distance, or offering new opportunities for vilifying outsiders, distorting communications, manipulating public opinion, and mobi-lizing embittered individuals, digital platforms and communications constitute signifi-


    • ‘Manufactured hysteria’: audience perceptions of ...

      The concept of ‘moral panics’ has been defined as a perception of crisis that emerges when an issue is framed as ‘out of control’ (Cohen, 1972). In a race-relations context, moral panics serve a social agenda to create ‘folk devils’ who are incompatible with the wider society (Hall, 1997).


    • [PDF File]WHAT IS MORAL PANIC?

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      of moral panic have become our “new normal” (Furedi, 2011): “The social world of the USA and other societies at the beginning of the twenty-first century is one of a pervasive insecurity. . . . In this social world, moral panics are part of the infrastructure . . .” (Feeley & Simon, 2007, p. 46).


    • Foreword: Moral panics in the contemporary world - SAGE Journals

      research – moral panic and denial. Cohen explores the notion of ‘good’ moral panics as a correc-tive to the tendency within moral panic studies towards the denial of social problems. He proposes that advocating ‘good’ moral panics as a heuristic device may prove able to broaden the focus of moral panic studies.


    • Moral Panics and Body Cameras - Washington University in St ...

      MORAL PANICS AND BODY CAMERAS . HOWARD M. WASSERMAN I. I. NTRODUCTION. Law often results from moral panic. Events occur that are perceived as a threat to the very fabric of society and lawmakers react, frequently with hastily created and ill-advised policy proposals designed to save society from an existential threat and touted to the public as ...


    • Moral Panic and Social Justice: A Guide for Analyzing Social ...

      panics in U.S. policy arenas relevant to social workers (such as illicit drugs, sexuality, and immigration), this article offers guidance for practitioners, policy advocates, and researchers on assessing their presence.


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