UNIT6: Moral Panic

 Moral Panic

Morals- Standards of behavior; principals of right and wrong.
Panic- sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety, often causing wildly unthinking behavior. 

The idea of moral panic is that someone or something evil/negative is threatening the normal way of life. 
Whereas in the period before the 1990's Moral Panics were spread by word of mouth, rumor and tabloid journalism. The rise in internet use and access led to information being spread far and wide more rapidly.
With the advent of Web 2.0 and social media becoming popular, Moral panics spread more widely and quickly. 

Media panics over the year

  • Violent Video Games
  • Slipknot
  • Eminem
  • Instagram Influencers
  • Covid
  • China
  • Little Britain 
Social media itself has been a moral panic as people have used things such as deepfakes of political leaders and spread misinformation to the public. Also, social media influencers encouraging people to follow trends and styles that could potentially put people at risk physically and mentally. 

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