moral panic

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Englisch - Englisch
A semi-spontaneous or media-generated mass movement based on the perception that an individual, group, community, or culture is dangerously deviant and poses a menace to society. A public outcry
Attributive form of moral panic

moral-panic control.

moral panic

    Silbentrennung

    mor·al pan·ic

    Türkische aussprache

    môrıl pänîk

    Aussprache

    /ˈmôrəl ˈpanək/ /ˈmɔːrəl ˈpænɪk/

    Etymologie

    () Coined in 1972 by Stanley Cohen, who coined the phrase to describe media coverage of Mods and Rockers in Great Britain in the 1960s.
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