moral panic

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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

    Расстановка переносов

    mor·al pan·ic

    Турецкое произношение

    môrıl pänîk

    Произношение

    /ˈmôrəl ˈpanək/ /ˈmɔːrəl ˈpænɪk/

    Этимология

    () 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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