Moral Panic

  A moral panic is a feeling of fear spread among many people that some evil threatens the well-being of society.[1][2] It is “the process of arousing social concern over an issue – usually the work of moral entrepreneurs and the mass media“.[3] In recent centuries the mass media have become important players in the dissemination of moral indignation, even when they do not appear to be consciously… Continue reading Moral Panic