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List of moral panics. This is a list of events that fit the sociological definition of a moral panic. In sociology, a moral panic is a period of increased and widespread societal concern over some group or issue, in which the public reaction to such group or issue is disproportional to its actual threat. The concern is further fueled by mass ...
The backlash has been described as a moral panic [4] [5] [6] and part of a larger culture war in the United States. [7] [8] [9] Scholars have cited rising anti-LGBTQ attitudes and policies as an example of democratic backsliding. [10] [11] The backlash has been connected to similar conservative backlashes in Hungary, Russia, Europe [12] [13 ...
ISBN. 978-1-4039-8069-4. Gay Rights and Moral Panic: The Origins of America's Debate on Homosexuality is a book by American multimedia journalism scholar, author, and academic Fred Fejes. It was published in 2008 by Palgrave Macmillan. The book is an examination of the pivotal referendums in 1977 and 1978 that initiated the national discussion ...
This is the world of the panics about the Western Canon and about speech codes in the 1980s, the anti-feminist panic about campus sex, and eventually about political correctness in the early 1990s.
Firing back at the Taliban may have been a justifiable military necessity. But the moral burden, the image of those bloody innocents, the guilt, the shame – the inescapable truth of what he had done – that’s what he evidently took away from Afghanistan. The way Debbie described Joseph, the moral pain would have been acute. “He loved people.
Research suggests that the perceived moral differences between Democrats and Republicans are a major factor in America's political divide, and addressing this misconception could help bridge the gap.
The message behind a specific book’s banning can also have a lasting impact on students, teachers, schools, and communities as a whole. “When the government bans a book, it sends a clear ...
Witch-hunting is a historical example of mass behavior potentially fueled by moral panic. 1555 German print. A moral panic is a widespread feeling of fear that some evil person or thing threatens the values, interests, or well-being of a community or society.