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moral panic

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meanings of moraland panic


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moral
adjective
uk /ˈmɒr.əl/ us /ˈmɔːr.əl/
relating to the standards of good or bad behaviour, fairness, honesty, etc. that each person believes in, rather than ...
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panic
noun[C usually singular, U]
uk /ˈpæn.ɪk/ us /ˈpæn.ɪk/
a sudden strong feeling of fear that prevents reasonable thought ...
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Examples of moral panic


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Critics maintain that this atmosphere amounted to a moralpanic, which reached its peak in the mid-1980s.
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This led to a moralpanic concerning video nasties as coined by tabloid newspapers.
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The pursuit of folk devils frequently intensifies into a mass movement that is called a moralpanic.
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Media reports sparked a moralpanic surrounding rave parties and drug use at venues.
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In many respects the scene was set for a moralpanic, yet a major panic did not materialize.
Davis might have written an account of national and governmental moralpanic.
This crisis of public spirit, however, was not limited to the political world : the moralpanic of the mid-1750s concerned the whole of society.
One might wonder how backlash is distinct from a moralpanic, racial threat, or symbolic racism exploited by elite appeals.
In a period of heightened anxiety about crime and disorder that infused elite commentary with moral panic, the image of the highwayman nonetheless continued to be glorified rather than condemned.
On one level this provides an opportunity for re-assessing the concept of the moralpanic by picking up on a moment when incidents failed to spark a major fear.
We are too often subject to moralpanic in considering children's attitudes.
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However, we do not wish to encourage moralpanic by encouraging citizens to report anyone without relevant suspicions.
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The danger is that a justifiable concern in some cases turns into a 'moralpanic' that is wilfully disproportionate to the extent of the problem.
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We have seen the phenomenon of moralpanic where the media have been manipulated, whether deliberately or indirectly, by sources close to police services.
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Indeed, it is always possible that government may be subject to a moralpanic favouring change.
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This, and a number of subsequent raids on parties and clubs in various cities, led to a moralpanic.
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Some experts have described fears about school shootings as a type of moralpanic.
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