Article: When moral panic is the real villain of the piece

Article: Rise in child abuse or a media creating 'moral ...
Jerusalem Post;  April 3, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... in child abuse or a media creating 'moral panic'? Byline: RUTH EGLASH Edition ... possible that we are in the midst of a "moral panic." Coined in 1972 by sociologist Stanley Cohen, "moral panic" refers to the reaction of a population ...

Article: Sophies on Sophas in Eighteenth Century England an outline of the ...
Interactions;  September 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... outraged response could be described as moral panic or even as an early example of media ... introducing the sociological concept of moral panic, established in the 1970s, and outlining ... constitute the typical phenomenon of moral panic; and seeks to explain the exaggerated ...

Article: The devil goes to day care: McMartin and the making of a ...
Journal of American Culture;  April 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... characteristics of what sociologists call a moral panic:1 it was widespread, volatile, hostile ... this present article is to analyze the moral panic about satanic day care centers that ... examines the cultural context of the moral panic by focusing on the social forces and ...

Article: 'Moral panic' is focus of sex conference
Oakland Tribune;  June 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... century, masturbation was the leading moral panic, where a whole industry was built around ... Herdt said. These days, the reigning moral panic is around marriage, and that has everything ... is "a clear example of an outcry of moral panic because people are trying to limit the ...

Article: Is marriage caught in 'moral panic' ?
Oakland Tribune;  June 23, 2005 ;     670 words ... ... century, masturbation was the leading moral panic, Herdt said. These days, the reigning moral panic is around marriage, and that has everything ... is "a clear example of an outcry of moral panic because people are trying to limit the ...

Article: Moral panic distorts our perception of crime. ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  March 24, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... As such, it resonates a kind of ``moral panic'' that is not unlike earlier panics ... ways. What realities lie behind the moral panic over crime and juvenile violence? Is ... juvenile arrests lends no credence to moral panic. In fact, juvenile arrests as a percentage ...

Article: S.F. sex conference tackles reigning 'moral panic': ...
Oakland Tribune;  June 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... century, masturbation was the leading moral panic, where a whole industry was built around ... Herdt said. These days, the reigning moral panic is around marriage, and that has everything ... is "a clear example of an outcry of moral panic because people are trying to limit the ...