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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Many journalists, pundits and politicians seem fascinated with a fictionalized version of “the campus,” one that resembles a college they themselves attended. This narrowly imagined “campus ...
Stanley Cohen (sociologist) Stanley Cohen FBA (23 February 1942 – 7 January 2013) was a sociologist and criminologist, Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics, known for breaking academic ground on "emotional management", including the mismanagement of emotions in the form of sentimentality, overreaction, and emotional denial.
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.
University of Michigan. Influenced. Judith Butler, [1] Susan Stryker [2] Gayle S. Rubin (born January 1, 1949) is an American cultural anthropologist, theorist and activist, best known for her pioneering work in feminist theory and queer studies.
Publication date. 1972. Pages. 224. ISBN. 978-0415610162. Folk Devils and Moral Panics: The Creation of the Mods and Rockers is a 1972 sociology book by Stanley Cohen. [1][2][3] It was the first book to define the social theory of moral panic. [4][5][6]