Back ذعر أخلاقي Arabic Pànic moral Catalan Morální panika Czech Moralsk panik Danish Moralische Panik German Moral panic English Morala paniko Esperanto Pánico moral Spanish پانیک اخلاقی Persian Moraalipaniikki Finnish
Moral panic is when a category or group of people is seen as a threat to the moral values of society. The people who are seen as a threat show certain patterns of behaviour which are seen as problematic. The goal of the moral panic is to stop these problematic behaviours. In modern times, a sensationalist reporting of the press, and privately organized actions often accompany moral panics.
In the end, a moral panic will lead to an increase in social control; the chances that values change in a normal way will decrease.[1]
Moral panic is different from mass hysteria. With mass hysteria, there is no social control.
- ↑ Kenneth Thompson: Why the Panic? – The History and Meaning of the Concept. In: Moral Panics. Routledge, New York 1998, S. 1–22.